Marion hopes to be an inland port
Published: Tue, Dec. 18, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Tue, Dec. 18, 2007 03:01AM
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closeMARION -- Western North Carolina could become home to a port city.
Although the region is many miles from the coast, researchers are looking at it for an inland port where oceangoing containers would be moved between trucks and trains.
The CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads converge in Marion, and Interstate 40 cuts through the region just south of town. If Marion is chosen, town officials say, the port could drive economic growth.
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In Virginia, Port Authority spokesman Joe Harris said businesses have flocked to the area since a port opened in Front Royal in the northwestern part of the state.
Researchers doing the $250,000 taxpayer study plan to be at the Virginia Inland Port today. Next year, they plan to visit Marion, which is about 35 miles east of Asheville.
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