We will be closely monitoring FAA's review of the specific safety concerns raised by their inspector in his letter to Senator Dayton.

With this investment, we are improving the quality and safety of the rail and preventing rail defects.

Unfortunately earthquake safety in the Midwest is event driven -- most people will not begin to care about the risk until an earthquake happens. Town leaders need to think long-term -- 25 or 50 years out -- about incremental improvements in safety measures that can be sustained. This is a different kind of planning, but it is necessary to be ready for the eventual catastrophic quake that will strike.

Shorten the runway and you have fewer takeoffs and landings, shorten the runway and you enhance safety and reduce the noise, ... It also reduces the justification for the buyout as it is now being proposed.

It's mainly the safety factor.

We set out 10 years ago to improve safety for competitors and spectators. We've not seen a driver killed for 20 years almost,