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  • 2020 Infrastructure Priority List Indicates More Than 1/3 of Projects Have Advanced to Construction

    The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWGCOG) Board of Directors last week unanimously endorsed the St. Louis Regional Freightway’s 2020 Multimodal Transportation Priority Projects List, a valuable tool used by…

  • Aerial photo of America's Central Port

    Granite City Harbor Update To Be First IDOT Project Completed Under New Competitive Freight Program

    This story was originally published by America’s Central Port on October 29, 2019. Alex Burkart | America’s Central Port “Federally funded, the Illinois Competitive Freight Grant Program marks the first time in Illinois’ history…

  • GM to invest $1.5 billion in Wentzville plant, if union approves contract

    This story was originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on October 23, 2019. Annika Merrilees | St. Louis Post-Dispatch “WENTZVILLE — General Motors has committed to making a $1.5 billion investment in the company’s assembly…

  • Public Open House Scheduled to Discuss Creation of Port Authority in St. Charles County

    This story was originally published in St. Charles County Top News on October 10, 2019. “The public is invited to attend an open house public hearing regarding the creation of a St. Charles…

  • Photo of barges, bridges and other freight assets along the Mississippi River with St. Louis skyline in background

    St. Louis and metro-east leaders work to turn region into freight ‘epicenter’

    This story was originally published in the Belleville News-Democrat on October 18, 2019. Teri Maddox | Belleville News-Democrat “Six interstate highways. Six Class I railroads. Four public barge ports. More than 180 private…

  • Best And Most Popular Transportation Projects Win National Awards

    This story was originally published on AASHTO News on October 8, 2019. “ST. LOUIS – The Infrastructure Improvements to Downtown St. Louis project – a collaboration between Illinois and Missouri DOTs that delivered major multimodal…

  • Amazon signs lease for former Gateway Buick GMC

    This story was originally published in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 12, 2019. Steph Kukuljan | St. Louis Business Journal “Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has leased a portion of the former Gateway…

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    Bringing Business to Illinois

    This feature was originally published in the September issue of Business Journal Magazine  https://mags.businessinfocusmagazine.com/brochures/2019/09/madison_county/

  • Cargo carriers come to Lambert airport

    This story was originally published in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 9, 2019. Jacob Kirn | St. Louis Business Journal “St. Louis Lambert International Airport has welcomed two new cargo airlines.…

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    2019 America’s Transportation Awards Voting

    Missouri Department of Transportation and Illinois Department of Transportation joint Infrastructure Improvements for Downtown City of St. Louis project Use the button below to vote for this project to help…

  • Missouri Port Authorities Team Up To Advance Plan For Statewide Initiative That Focuses On Innovative Inland Waterway Container-On-Vessel Freight Service

    Missouri Governor Michael Parson visited the Mississippi River town of Herculaneum on August 12 to find out more about statewide efforts to deliver a new option to transport freight along…

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    Farmers Are Planning For Illinois River Shutdown Next Year

    This story was originally published on NPR Illinois on August 7, 2019. Sean Crawford | NPR Illinois “It’s not uncommon for many Illinois farmers to ship much, or even all, of their commodities…