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BNSF moves ahead, but at what cost to local control?

OPINION — In Wittmann, the future isn’t just being debated in meeting rooms — it’s being bulldozed into the desert in real time.

BNSF Railway has begun grading hundreds of acres near 235th Avenue and U.S. 60, though Maricopa County hasn’t granted the necessary zoning approvals for its massive Logistics Park Phoenix project.

While BNSF insists this is limited, early-stage work, reality tells a different story. This feels like a deliberate move forward without consent.

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