(The following appeared on the Birmingham News website on June 6, 2011.)
McCALLA, Ala. — Norfolk Southern officials broke ground this morning on the railroad company’s $97.5 million hub being built on 316 acres in McCalla.
Wick Moorman, chief executive of Norfolk Southern, was joined at a ceremony by Gov. Robert Bentley, U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, and other elected officials along with dozens of business leaders, economic developers and McCalla residents.
Moorman said the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility will be a key “anchor” on the company’s new $2.5 billion Crescent Corridor project that aims to boost the use of rail-to-truck shipping containers from New Orleans to New York.
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