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Tampa Gateway Rail Takes Top Honors in Future of the Region Awards

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The Port of Tampa’s collaborative $11 million Tampa Gateway Rail terminal has been awarded the top honor in the 21st Annual Future of the Region Awards – the Charles McIntosh Jr. Award of Distinction, as well as a first-place award in the Natural Resources and the Environment category. 

The annual awards luncheon, hosted by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, honored the top project entries that demonstrate strong regional qualities in the following categories: community service, cultural/sports/recreation, environmental, infrastructure, public education and development. An independent awards jury reviewed each entry on the criteria of regional quality of life benefit, benefit to environment, innovation, cost-effectiveness, capacity for continuing impact and regional benefit. 

The Charles A. McIntosh Jr. Award of Distinction is presented to the entry that touches each main competitive category, provides excellence in the region and exhibits distinction in regional visioning. 

Through strategic investments by the Tampa Port Authority and its project partners CSX Rail, Transflo and Kinder Morgan, the Tampa Gateway Rail project, which was officially dedicated in September 2012, has created intermodal connectivity at the Port of Tampa and promises to be a major catalyst in promoting trade opportunities for Florida’s largest port and Central Florida. The rail project is seen as a boon to the efficiency of the ethanol fuel sector and an important enhancement between general cargoes, container activity and the port’s hinterland. 
 

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