摘要: |
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) announced reently that the Columbia Port Commission has been selected to receive $10.5 million in federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This funding will be allocated to the Grant Ouachita River & La. Highway 165 Multimodal Connectivity and Safety Project in Caldwell Parish. This project will include the acquisition of land and the construction of a state-of-the- art truck parking facility at the Port of Columbia, Ouachita River and La. 165, to include surface parking for approximately 50 commercial trucks, 100 cars and 12 electric vehicle charging stations. The Port of Columbia is a shallow-draft port located on the Ouachita River. The facility consists of about 200 acres, including a barge loading/ unloading area, an aggregate yard, a cottonseed warehouse and a grain elevator. The Port of Columbia has a navigable waterway, a major four-lane highway and Union Pacific's main north/ south railroad. Terral River Service has been an anchor tenant for the Port of Columbia for more than 20 years, operating an aggregate yard. |