The Des Moines Area MPO also raised nearly $13 million in public funds for the project, including an $11.2 million Better Utilizing Infrastructure to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant from the U.S. The project was born out of planning work by the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which first showed the feasibility for such a facility at that location. "By providing multiple railroad and trucking options, the Des Moines Industrial Transloading Facility will be instrumental for Greater Des Moines' current and future business growth, particularly for manufacturing, logistics and distribution companies that need healthy supply chain connectivity," said Brian Crowe, executive vice president of Economic Development at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Plans include 15,000 linear feet of track infrastructure, 115,000 square feet of traditional warehouse space, 8 acres of exterior storage capabilities, future cold storage and additional off-site close proximity warehousing opportunities. This will provide flexibility and reduced shipping costs to benefit area businesses and consumers with a potential economic impact of over $10 million annually. The planned facility will serve as a logistics park where bulk materials are transferred between semi-trailers and trains and vice versa. “We are even more enthusiastic to provide customers with the positive impacts of multi-railroad competition not recognized in any other third-party transloading facility in the State of Iowa.” “Our team brings decades of business development success in multiple industries and is enthusiastic to collaborate with the railroads’ marketing teams in conjunction with our own business development efforts” said Paul Cownie of Des Moines Industrial. It’s also just one mile from the nation’s busiest commercial trucking intersection of Interstates 35 and 80. Located at 200 SE 15th St., the site has direct access to Iowa Interstate Railroad, Norfolk Southern and BNSF railroads, making it the premier rail-based transportation hub in Iowa. will start construction March 1 and the facility is expected to be operational by late 2021. Let us evaluate your rail shipping needs and help you take advantage of freight rail efficiencies.Des Moines Industrial (DSMI) is poised to move forward with Iowa’s premier industrial transloading facility after recently acquiring 31 acres of land purchased from the City of Des Moines and Norfolk Southern. We handle a wide variety of commodities including: wallboard, lumber, bulk liquids, dry bulk, machinery, steel rebar, specialty oversize shipments, and many more. Our transload sites give anyone access to the North American rail network, even if you are located miles from the nearest railroad track.īurlington Junction Railway has been in operation since 1985 providing flexible and reliable shipping and receiving services by rail. Our transload offerings range from providing all logistical support and performing the transload operation to just providing a site for a customer or their contractor to perform all the transload and logistical functions themselves. Burlington Junction Railway provides truck to rail and rail to truck transload services.
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