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Progress is continuing toward the addition of a railroad spur in the Industrial Park.
“Both BG and Barton want rail service to get their raw materials in,” said Herb Llewellyn, city manager.
The city recently met with the state about a block grant for which they had applied for the development of the spur. The city was notified they had received the grant.
“We’re going to be doing more work and it’s going to get pretty busy now,” Llewellyn said.
They have hired an engineer, Ron McCune, to do the design work. He is working with Union Pacific on that.
“While there’s a shortline that goes to them (BG and Barton), the spur on it is too tight to use, so it’s going to be rebuilt,” he said.
The city is planning to put a different switch on the spur, which would allow each of the two businesses to be served with their own private spur.
The city expects to go out to bid soon on that construction. It takes 14 months though to build the switch that will have to be ordered.
“We’ll bid it and all the work outside the railroad’s right of way will commence in the next couple to three months,” Llewellyn said, adding that the spur wouldn’t be hooked up until the switch is received.
The Community Development Block Grant is paying for a portion of the work, with those benefiting also paying special assessments for part of the work.
Progress is continuing toward the addition of a railroad spur in the Industrial Park.
“Both BG and Barton want rail service to get their raw materials in,” said Herb Llewellyn, city manager.
The city recently met with the state about a block grant for which they had applied for the development of the spur. The city was notified they had received the grant.
“We’re going to be doing more work and it’s going to get pretty busy now,” Llewellyn said.
They have hired an engineer, Ron McCune, to do the design work. He is working with Union Pacific on that.
“While there’s a shortline that goes to them (BG and Barton), the spur on it is too tight to use, so it’s going to be rebuilt,” he said.
The city is planning to put a different switch on the spur, which would allow each of the two businesses to be served with their own private spur.
The city expects to go out to bid soon on that construction. It takes 14 months though to build the switch that will have to be ordered.
“We’ll bid it and all the work outside the railroad’s right of way will commence in the next couple to three months,” Llewellyn said, adding that the spur wouldn’t be hooked up until the switch is received.
The Community Development Block Grant is paying for a portion of the work, with those benefiting also paying special assessments for part of the work.
