STL Seeks Improved Freight Connections With New Orleans
Date Posted: October 4, 2016
Posted In: Ideas, News,
From STLToday: Better linking the St. Louis region to the Port of New Orleans means changing habits, said Gary LaGrange, president and chief executive of the New Orleans port.
Missouri has Ford and GM plants, which rely heavily on rail coming from the east and west coasts — plants that could be served by moving freight from New Orleans, he said.
“There is no reason why we can’t connect the dots,” LaGrange said Wednesday (Sept. 28) at a luncheon focusing on the St. Louis region’s economic growth opportunities through the inland port system.
It was part of efforts by the newly formed St. Louis Regional Freightway, a business enterprise launched by Bi-State Development to capitalize on the region’s freight transportation network.