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INFRASTRUCTURES * USA - NS set to build new Pennsylvania intermodal terminal
Project is part of Class I carrier's Crescent Corridor initiative
Norfolk,VA,USA -Logistics Management, by Jeff Berman -13 Aug 2009: -- Class I railroad Norfolk Southern said it will build a new intermodal terminal in Greencastle, Pennsylvania that will serve the Mid-Atlantic region as part of its Crescent Corridor initiative... The $95 million Greencastle terminal will be built on a 200-acre site and open in late 2011. NS stated this terminal will have the capacity to handle more than 85,000 trailers and containers on an annual basis. The entire Crescent Corridor project is expected to be completed by 2013... Benefits for Pennsylvania: NS officials said that when the Crescent Corridor is fully operational, annual benefits to Pennsylvania are expected to include: nearly 700,000 long-haul trucks diverted to rail, almost 10 million gallons of fuel saved, carbon dioxide reduction of 110,000 tons, more than $9 million in traffic congestion savings, and avoidance of an estimated $8.5 million in accident costs. And over the next ten years 26,000 jobs in Pennsylvania are expected to be created or enhanced by the Crescent Corridor, said NS...* Clean Air to Help LA, Long Beach Build Infrastructure
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Aug 14, 2009: -- Quick environmental approval to speed terminal, rail, roadway construction... Bolstered by a two-year track record of reducing pollution, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are finally positioned to move forward on billions of dollars of capital projects... The ports are counting on the template they created under their joint Clean Air Action Plan to help them win certification of some 20 marine terminal, rail, roadway and bridge projects in the nation's largest port complex... All proposed terminal and infrastructure projects at the ports must now comply with dozens of requirements specified in the environmental action plan, said Arley Baker, senior director of communications at the Port of Los Angeles... (Photo from 3.bp.blogspot: los angeles port)
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