Provost to Discuss Ethanol Trains on 'Greater Somerville'

State Rep. Denise Provost will be on SCATV's "Greater Somerville" Tuesday night to discuss a proposal to transport ethanol on trains through Somerville and neightboring communities to a facility in Revere.

Opponents of the proposal have argued the trains could pose a danger.

Here's a description of Tuesday's episode, courtesy of "Greater Somerville": 

Tonight on Greater Somerville, Representative Denise Provost speaks with host Joe Lynch about the proposal to allow the train transport of ethanol through our city and neighboring communities. The highly flammable liquid currently is transported from the mid-west to Rhode Island, loaded onto barges, shipped up the Massachusetts coast, through Boston Harbor and offloaded at the Revere processing and storage facility.  

The new proposal contemplates allowing up to 100  rail cars per day, full of ethanol,  to travel along the Fitchburg and Lowell rail lines through Somerville and surrounding communities to Revere. Watch the pre-taped show tonight at 7:30 on SCATV, Somerville Community Access Television, channel 3. Watch this space for the replay later in the week or go to greatersomerville.wordpress.com for all your Greater Somerville episodes.

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