{"id":171982,"date":"2025-08-24T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/171982\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:15:13","slug":"vote-on-bnsf-rail-hub-project-delayed-to-nov-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/171982\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote on BNSF rail hub project delayed to Nov. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BNSF Railway Co.\u2019s planned multibillion-dollar rail hub project north of Phoenix, which has faced ongoing delays and resident opposition since the process for rezoning began last year, has more hurdles to face.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 20, BNSF received approval to delay a rezoning vote through the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for the third time, with a vote now scheduled for Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as residents are ramping up efforts to incorporate the area into a town, aiming to use the designation to gain a greater say in local planning and zoning decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Some legislators are also getting involved, penning letters to BNSF backing the validity of residents\u2019 concerns with the proposed development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/phoenix\/news\/2025\/08\/21\/bnsf-railway-hub-faces-ongoing-delays-opposition.html?utm_source=sy&amp;utm_medum=ptr&amp;utm_campaign=ktar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">This story is posted in partnership with Phoenix Business Journal. Click to read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-business\/bnsf-rail-hub-project-vote-delay\/5741649\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BNSF Railway Co.\u2019s planned multibillion-dollar rail hub project north of Phoenix, which has faced ongoing delays and resident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[7155,5229,5643,1587,316,1589,7154,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-171982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-92-3-ktar","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-and-arizona-breaking-news-and-news-headlines-home","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115084402878059231","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}