Trade and city leaders on Tuesday kicked off a $83.7 million rail project that is expected to create 340 jobs, have an estimated economic impact of $400 million and move cargo in a more sustainable way.
Officials said the project will be a sustainable one, curbing truck trips on local roads by 2.3 million each year. A single full train eliminates between 280 and 750 truck trips, is 75 percent more fuel efficient than trucks and cuts air pollution as much as 65 percent, officials say.