Second Department of Water resources Public Meeting
The Department of Water Resources held its second public meeting on Friday March, 3rd to gather comments regarding the North Dakota Sovereign Lands Permit Application submitted by BNSF, this time to consider the destruction of the historic rail bridge. (The previous meeting on January 20th had been specific to construction of a new bridge across the Missouri River at Bismarck - Mandan. It has been made clear that should the preferred design proposed by BNSF be approved, it will not be safe to retain the current structure.)
Representatives from the community, including FORB, again presented oral and written comments to DWR for their consideration as they review the application.
The full recording of the meeting will be provided once it is available to us.
If you would like to review the written comments submitted by Friends of the Rail Bridge, you may view them below:
FORB Comments BNSF’s Sovereign Land Permit Application No. S-2398 Part I
FORB Comments on BNSF’s Sovereign Land Permit Application No. S-2398 Part II