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[quote user="Datafever"]Futuremodal, you state that barge traffic pays its own way when environmental costs are excluded.  But since railroads must pay those same environmental costs out of their own pocket, doesn't that still amount to a subsidy for the barges? [/quote]Two things:  There tends to be more environmental hyperactivity related to waterways than to dry land.  Secondly, since the USACE is a government agency, they get more of the eco-interference than a private entity would.  I would expect that the DM&E project, being one that is to be funded partly by federal funds and needing eminent domain for brand new ROW, will also experience a greater than average share of eco-litigation than most railroads would experience, but not to the level experienced by the USACE.
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