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New Orleans: Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal and Yard Improvements

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The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has notified AECOM Technical Services Inc. to begin the design of the port’s Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal project.

The port last year received a $16.7 million federal transportation grant for improvements to the Napoleon Avenue Intermodal Terminal. The project site is an existing 12-acre rail yard that services the adjacent Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. The new rail yard will be re-configured and modernized into an intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF).  Construction will begin in December and is expected to take 12 months. The port is served by six Class One railroads.

The port and the Louisiana Port Construction and Development Priority Program are matching a portion of the federal grant to build an adjacent 4-acre container marshalling yard at the upriver end of the Louisiana Avenue Terminal. The board awarded a $3.7 million construction contract for the new paved yard. Construction began on the marshalling yard this month and is expected to be completed by December. The overall cost for both projects is estimated to be $26 million. According to the port, the projects will create 100 permanent marine and cargo handling jobs and more than 280 temporary construction-related jobs.

A container is loaded onto a rail car at the Port of New Orleans' Napoleon Avenue Intermodal Terminal.
The 12-acre terminal will be reconfigured and modernized into intermodal container transfer facility.  
Photo/Port of New Orleans
 

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