Port rail expansions gets green light from PA board.The Port Authority Board of Commissioners authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: construction of the remaining major pieces of the on-dock rail infrastructure planned for the Port of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and New Jersey, which will give the port the ability to handle up to 1.3 million containers a year by rail. Additionally, the Port Authority Board authorized an additional $66 million for the port's rail program including design and construction of ExpressRail Port Newark Newark, cities, United States Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. and ExpressRail Corbin Street rail support facility. The work, which will be completed by 2011, will complement and support previously authorized projects for on-dock rail terminals at the Howland Hook Marine Terminal The Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a container port facility located in northwestern Staten Island in New York City. It is situated on the east side of the Arthur Kill, at the entrance to Newark Bay, just north of the Goethals Bridge. on Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. , Port Newark, and the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, and increase the Port Authority's total investment in the rail program to $530 million. "It is prudent that we make this major investment because it's a priority for us to handle greater volumes of cargo by rail instead of by truck to allow the port to remain strong and vibrant. These investments, coupled with hundreds of millions of dollars we will invest to deepen deep·en tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens To make or become deep or deeper. deepen Verb to make or become deeper or more intense Verb 1. harbor channels, will ensure that our port remains the leading East Coast destination for international shippers," said Port Authority executive director Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. The projects will provide approximately 30,000 linear feet of support track for ExpressRail Port Newark, two new loading tracks, a truck ramp over Corbin Street and an administration building. When completed, ExpressRail Port Newark will have the capacity to handle up to 250,000 containers a year. The Corbin Street rail support facility project will provide approximately 26,000 linear feet of support track for ExpressRail facilities at the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island, the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal and Port Newark. Completion of the support track will provide the portwide capacity to transport approximately 1.3 million containers a year by rail. A new eight-track rail facility at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal opened in October 2004, and construction is under way to add a10 tracks. Express Rail Staten Island is scheduled to commence operations around the end of this year, restoring freight rail service to Staten Island after a 15-year hiatus hiatus /hi·a·tus/ (hi-a´tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia´tal aortic hiatus the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. . |
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