Officials Monday will discuss the possibility of Pier S as an alternative to BNSF Railway’s controversial proposal to build a railyard bordering West Long Beach and Wilmington neighborhoods.
Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Rich Dines said he placed the item on Monday’s board agenda at the request of West Long Beach residents who oppose the BNSF project, which rail officials say will allow trucks to load containers and put them on trains closer to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, rather than having trucks travel 24 miles away to the BNSF Hobart Yard.