(Source: Editorial in The News & Observer, July 20, 2016)
RALEIGH, N.C. — The location of a CSX container hub, the Carolina Connector, in Rocky Mount means 149 more jobs for an area of North Carolina desperately in need of them. The hub will route freight aboard trucks and trains to destinations on the East Coast and all over the United States. The jobs will pay an average of $64,047 a year, a tremendous opportunity for people in an area with the second-highest unemployment rate in the state.
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