Attend the coal and oil train community forum

Next week on Wednesday May 6, you’ll have the opportunity to attend a community forum about the coal and oil trains that pass through Cheney around the clock. 

Some of us are concerned about the safety of the loads carried by those trains. I heard recently that the tank cars that carry the very volatile oil were not even designed to carry oil. If the proposed Vancouver-Energy Oil Facility and the proposed Longview Coal Exporting Facility are approved, Cheney’s coal and oil train traffic will increase.

I hope you’ll join us on Wednesday at Cheney United Church of Christ at 7 p.m. to hear Fire Chief Mike Winters, Assistant School Superintendent Sean Dotson and UCC pastor David Krueger-Duncan on the panel moderated by Cheney City Councilman John Taves.  

Christie Bruntlett

Cheney