Jax Intermodal Facility begins

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Per Trains NewsWire:

Construction begins on Jacksonville intermodal transfer facility

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Groundbreaking ceremonies were held May 12 to mark the beginning of construction on the Dames Point intermodal container transfer facility the Port of Jacksonville. CSX Transportation will serve the facility.

The $30 million facility is scheduled to be operational in late 2015. "In about 18 months, this will be a rail yard and it will be hustling with the movement of cargo containers specifically the big metal boxes you see on the roadways on trucks," says Nancy Rubin, spokeswoman for JaxPort.

The facility will provide on-dock rail service to the port's North Jacksonville marine terminal, enabling the direct transfer of containers between vessels and trains and speeding up the shipment process.

The project's cost is covered by federal, state, and local grants. In December 2011, the port and the city of Jacksonville awarded a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant for the facility. The Florida Department of Transportation also allocated $20 million for the project.

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I presume that this Transfer facility will look an awful lot like the one CSX operates just off of Pritchard Road?