New NS intermodal facility to break ground in Greencastle, Pa.
Written by jrood
February 14, 2001 Norfolk Southern is on track to break ground later this year for its new intermodal facility in Greencastle, Pa., a company official told members of the Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce, local media report.
Roger Bennett, director of
industrial development for Norfolk Southern, spoke during a chamber breakfast.
He said that most of the land needed for the $95-million project has been under
option or agreement since last year. In the next week or so, the company plans
to begin "pre-advertising" the project to construction companies.
"The idea is we would
go out to bid the first of June. We’d like to start in September," Bennett
said.
The new facility will
compete with CSX Transportation’s rail-truck yard in Chambersburg, Pa., which
opened in 2007.
There were a number of
factors that made the Greencastle site attractive to Norfolk Southern, but
Bennett said it is rare for a rural area like Franklin County to have two
intermodal facilities.
