The Port of Vancouver has won another $2.9 million in federal funding for its West Vancouver Freight Access rail loop project. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ensured that the final 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act included the project, which began construction in November. The loop will triple the number of rail cars that move through the port each year and cut congestion on the BNSF main line.
From the Columbian, December 25, 2009
