San Diego looking to develop railroad freight line.
February 9, 2006 by SwizStick
Filed under 3PL, QuickNews, Seafreight
Logistics Management Magazine reports that San Diego County planners are working to develop a plan to bring a railroad freight line to ease the movement of cargo off of trucks and the interstates:
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“The idea here is that we would help pull trucks out of the port and out of Mexico and hopefully put them on rail, get them off of (Interstates) 5 and 15,” Gallegos said.
The regional planning agency intends to incorporate a rail proposal into its 2007 update of a regional transportation plan; it would be part of a $10 billion package of projects to improve the movement of goods. A future infrastructure bond could be a good place to begin analyzing and developing the feasibility of the rail proposal, said
The issue emerged this week because officials don’t want to miss out on possible funding from the infrastructure bond measures circulating in Sacramento, one of which — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s — identifies moving freight as a priority.
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