In less than a decade, a dozen milelong trains may make their way each day through Eugene on their way to and from the Oregon Coast.
The Pacific Coast Intermodal Port project has wide-reaching implications for Lane County and Eugene, well beyond its start along the Oregon Coast near Coos Bay. When finished, the project would bring a container shipping terminal to the coast that would serve as a direct ship-to-rail facility that hauls cargo along rail lines beyond Coos Bay and north into Lane County and through Veneta, Eugene and beyond.
The Pacific Coast Intermodal Port in Coos Bay is years away. The project planners still need to secure more than $1 billion for the $2.3 billion project. Even beyond the finances needed, there’s still about five years of work ahead for planning, design and construction…