America’s Central Port and St. Louis Freight District Economic Boons You Didn’t Realize

This story was originally published on News.StlPublicRadio.org on December 02, 2015.


By Kelly Moffitt | St. Louis Public Radio


The forecast for 2016 in Madison County and the St. Louis region’s newly-created freight district includes 9,600 feet of rail track, 1 million cubic yards of dirt and 8,000 cubic yards of concrete — and the sound of barge horns. The South Harbor at America’s Central Port was recently christened and is set to open in 2016 — with an expected increase in commodities flow by 25 percent…

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