The South Central Transportation Planning Committee was formed with the aim of providing southern Saskatchewan input into the development and operation of the transportation network. This report presents the Committee's submission to a federal review of the grain handling and transportation system. It first reviews the current economic environment in the agricultural sector and the current status of southern Saskatchewan rail and highway network. Pressures on this infrastructure resulting from branch line abandonment are discussed and an analysis of such pressures, and the resulting costs for increased road maintenance, is presented for a scenario in which the current 60 locations with grain elevator service will be reduced to eight. Impacts of this new environment are evaluated, including those due to deteriorating rail service, increased road traffic, less competition, and barriers to establishment of short line railways. Finally, recommendations for reform are made.