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  • ENR Midwest Owner of the Year: Aging Railroad Bridges Replaced in St. Louis

    This article was published by ENR Midwest on March 18, 2024. In existence since 1889 and for about 100 years previously under another name, the Terminal Railroad Association of St.…

  • Waffle Maker Opens 150,000-square-foot Manufacturing Facility

    This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on March 13, 2024. Marson Foods, a Carson City, Nevada-based maker of waffle products, on Wednesday officially opened its nearly…

  • Exciting Groundbreaking for MoDots $246M I-55 Expansion

    This article originally ran on FoxNews on March 8, 2024. Interstate 55 is one of the busiest interstates in Missouri, with more than 70,000 drivers using the highway every day.…

  • Photo of the Herculaneum Port District Looking Northeast

    Intermodal Port Site in Herculaneum Attracting Businesses Interested in International Commerce

    The St. Louis Regional Freightway calls a 300-acre Port District zoned property along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, Missouri, a unique and unprecedented opportunity for intermodal development, citing the location’s…

  • Illinois Named the #1 Leader for Workforce Development

    This article originally ran on Illinois Business Journal on February 11, 2024. For the second consecutive year, Illinois has been named the number one leader for workforce development in the…

  • St. Louis Freightway: UP-Served Port Site Ready for Development

    This article was published by Progressive Railroading on February 28, 2024. St. Louis Regional Freightway officials this week announced a 300-acre port district-zoned property along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, Missouri, is…

  • Looking south from Herculaneum Port Site

    Missouri Intermodal Port Site ‘Primed for Growth’

    This article was published by Railway Age on February 27, 2024. A 300-acre intermodal Port District zoned property along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, Mo., is being called a “unique…

  • Missouri Intermodal Port Site ‘Primed for Growth

    The site, which is located on the shipping lanes of the Mississippi River and has been utilized since the 1700s as a port, recently received Port District zoning making way…

  • Photo of port and freight movement along the Mississippi River

    Funding Opportunity: Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)

    The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Maritime Administration have announced the availability of $450 million for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants for fiscal year 2024. The PIDP…

  • America’s Central Port in Granite City, IL

    St. Louis region remains home to the nation’s most efficient inland port

    This article originally ran in American Journal of Transportation on January 25, 2024.  The latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reveals the ports in the St.…

  • photo of I-70 with cars on the interstate and interstate signs visible

    Priority Projects: Missouri and Illinois Revamp the 70s Corridor

    This article was published by Roads & Bridges on February 1, 2024. Many aging interstates and bridges running through the bi-state St. Louis region are getting an overhaul, thanks to…

  • Two aviation workers doing maintenance on a piece of fuselage

    Growing the Aviation and Aerospace Talent Pipeline in St. Louis

    Workforce development is a top priority for the St. Louis region’s airports and aerospace and aviation companies. As businesses like The Boeing Company, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and West Star Aviation…