The Port of Vancouver USA is halfway through its 10-year, $150 million freight access improvement project, and construction is set to hit its high point this summer.

The West Vancouver Freight Access project is designed to reduce congestion on regional rail lines. The effort, which began in 2007 and will finish by 2017, involves 21 projects, hundreds of construction workers and freight trains chugging through jobsites every day.

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