This is from the Shortline yahoo group, looks like great news for the TXPF!
Several West Texas newspapers today carried an article concerning a San
Angelo
development that could bring about major changes in the Texas Pacifico
Railroad.
Bottom line is that San Angelo appears to have landed a deal with a
Portuguese
company for a $40 million wind-turbine plant. The usual tax incentives from
the
city and county were offered but they are asking the Texas Legislature to
provide $3.5 million for bridge repair and another $5 million for other
railroad
improvements. The Texas Pacifico will be asked to match the $5 million
improvement grant.
http://m.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/sep/09/a-great-day-as-turbine-plant-comes-to-\
san-angelo/
‘A great day’ as turbine plant comes to San Angelo
By Paul A. Anthony
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Over and over, spoken from the lectern and repeated among the crowd, the
same seven words:
“It’s a great day for San Angelo.”
The Martifer Group, once a three-man operation that has grown in two decades
into a global construction giant, will center the base of its newly
established North American energy-industry operations in San Angelo by
building a $40 million wind-turbine tower manufacturing plant here.
The decision, made in June and announced Monday by Texas Gov. Rick Perry,
brings the first significant influx of well-paying specialized manufacturing
jobs to the Concho Valley in more than 20 years - and recasts San Angelo as
a regional hub for the burgeoning wind-energy industry.
“We have a good feeling about the people here,” Martifer Energy Systems CEO
Antonio Pontes said. "We expect to have San Angelo as a very