Resolution Title: | Transportation Policies |
Year: | 2017 |
Resolution #: | L&E9-2017AGM |
Resolution: | WHEREAS the Federal Government is primarily responsible for the regulation of rail transportation; WHEREAS changes to rail regulations and rail service can result in transfer of agricultural shipments to road transport, instead of rail, thereby increasing carbon emissions and road costs; BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the Federal Government to ensure that changes to federal rail policies consider carbon emissions and road maintenance costs. |