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Back yard battle over planned railroad link on Louisa Street
Cedar Rapids neighbors on Louisa Street face red surveyor stakes tied to a potential rail connection to I-380. Darlene and Raymond Dufek fear loss of garden space as IDOT IC G Railroad and city officials weigh a route that could bypass a bridge, raising property buyout questions and anger over prior land takings.
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Raymond
Darlene Dufek
Dufeks
Louisa Street
Dufek
Iowa Department of Transportation
William Bennetts
Tony Koopmans
Bennett
IDOT
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Linn County Regional Planning Commission Railway Study Committee
Cedar Rapids
Louisa
ICG
Renie Einbinder
Einbinder
Ray Callahan
the Gazette
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