Canada Greenlights CN Milton Logistics Hub Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
This artist rendering shows the proposed Milton Logistics Hub on CN property, located about 30 miles west of Toronto.
CN’s proposed C$250 million logistics hub/intermodal facility, to be built in Milton, Ontario, has received approval from the Canadian government. The catch: The project is subject to 325 conditions, which would make it the most stringently regulated intermodal logistics hub in Canada.
In an Environmental Assessment Decision Statement, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson established the legally binding conditions on CN, many of which go beyond those initially proposed by an independent joint review panel in early 2020 and 40 of which specifically address air quality, according to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. Others address effects on human health, groundwater and surface water, migratory b