Port gets nearly $3 million more from feds for rail loop

By Columbian staff

Friday, December 25, 2009

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.

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