The Port of Vancouver has won another $2.9 million in federal funding for its West Vancouver Freight Access rail loop project.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ensured that the final 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act included the project, which began construction in November.
The new funding brings the total state and federal contribution to $10.2 million of the $18 million Terminal 5 rail loop project.
The loop will triple the number of rail cars that move through the port each year and cut congestion on the BNSF main line.
