A few updates on the South Carolina Inland Port.
The South Carolina Ports Authority has settled with a company on the inland port site to relocate, allowing construction to continue with an anticipated completion in September 2013.
Companies from as far away as the Midwest that export grain or other agricultural products are among the possible customers of the South Carolina Inland Port in Greer, the chief executive of the state Ports Authority says.
An additional $12.9 million in funding will increase the initial capacity of the facility from 40,000 container lifts per year to around 80,000 lifts.
According to the SCPA, Norfolk Southern proposed the idea for the inland port in January 2012.
Also, I noted in the Saluda Grade thread that an e-mail response from Norfolk Southern stated that the speed limit on the W-Line between Spartanburg and Landrum was returned to 25 mph after a temporary speed restriction of 10 mph was enforced while track maintenance was performed. I do not know where the increase to 50 mph came from, but it is likely false.