Port of the Plains continues to plan for transloading area

Board members of the inland port authority at Hershey’s rail park moved forward Monday toward building a transloading facility to load and unload cargo. The Nebraska International Port of the Plains board voted to have rail-park consultant TranSystems prepare designs and bid documents, said Chairman Vince Dugan. A “drop and pull yard” parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks is expected to be part of the inland port’s first development project at the 300-acre rail park on Hershey’s east edge.

Monday’s monthly meeting took place a week earlier than usual following the board’s failure to obtain a quorum for its regular Aug. 26. Dugan said board members will next meet Oct.



28, in their usual time slot on the fourth Monday of each month. It’ll be held at Port of the Plains’ anticipated headquarters at the former Greenbrier Rail Services building. TranSystems, rail-park consultant for both the inland port board and the North Platte Area Chamber & Development Corp.

, will inspect the former railcar repair factory’s site that day, Dugan said. The board postponed acceptance of a sublease from Lincoln County for the Greenbrier site. Dugan said members want further talks on “a provision we were not fully satisfied with.

” He said Port of the Plains is in the process of taking bids for rehabilitation work on the Greenbrier building’s floor. It has pits that were appropriate for its former function but won’t be as the inland port’s main building, he said. Get local news delivered to your inbox! Special projects reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

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