$6M grant for rail spur at MS port

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $6.1M federal Department of Transportation grant to improve infrastructure and expand capacity at the Lowndes County Port in Columbus. The project includes design, engineering, construction, and inspection of a new rail spur with about 10,000 linear feet of track and three transload docks to provide direct rail access for transloading cargo between barges and railcars at the port. The port does not currently have direct rail access. The new rail spur will connect the port terminal to an existing railroad line operated by Kansas City Southern. (Sen. Hyde-Smith 10/27/22)