Union Pacific plans $70.9M worth of work in Colorado

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Union Pacific plans to invest $70.9 million in 2016 to improve its transportation infrastructure in Colorado, which is expected to enhance employee, community and customer safety and increase rail operating efficiency.

 

Union Pacific’s planned investment covers a range of initiatives, such as $67 million to maintain railroad track and $3.4 million to maintain bridges in the state.

Key projects planned this year include a $16.7-million investment between Garden City, Greeley and Windsor to replace 36 miles of rail; a $5.9-million investment in the rail line between Columbine, Castle Rock and Palmer Lake to replace more than 43,000 ties and install 29,000 tons of ballast and a $5.6-million investment in the rail line between Pueblo and Trinidad to replace more than 31,000 ties and install 23,900 tons of ballast.

This year’s planned $70.9 million capital expenditure in Colorado is part of an ongoing investment strategy. From 2011 to 2015, Union Pacific invested nearly $123 million strengthening Colorado’s transportation infrastructure.

UP has announced investment plans in Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Arkansas, California and Texas this month as part of it’s 2016 plans to improve its lines across those states.

“We constantly evaluate our customers’ needs to make targeted investments that enhance our efficiency and deliver the goods American businesses and families use daily,” said Donna Kush, Union Pacific vice president public affairs, Northern Region. “Continuing to aggressively invest in our infrastructure is an important element in Union Pacific’s unwavering safety commitment.”

 

 

 

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