BNSF identifies six rail-served industrial sites ready for development

BNSF Railway Co. yesterday announced six new industrial locations have been awarded the Class I's Certified Sites designation.

Four of the sites are the first for their state in Arizona, Minnesota, Mississippi and Missouri. Two new sites were named in Illinois, bringing that state's count to four, BNSF officials said in a press release.

Certified Sites are part of BNSF's premier parks, sites and transload program. The program aims to address the demand for customer site locations by developing various types of facilities across BNSF's network, company officials said.

"Since the program’s inception in March 2016, BNSF’s Certified Sites have attracted more than $140 million of customer investments,” said Colby Tanner, BNSF's assistant vice president of economic development.

The new sites, which have hundreds of acres ready for industrial development, are: Becker Industrial Park, Becker, Minnesota; Duane Michie Industrial Park, Hayti, Missouri; Springs Industrial Park, Holly Springs, Mississippi; Railplex Industrial Park, Surprise, Arizona; Elion Logistics Park 55, Wilmington, Illinois; and Lincoln Prairie South, Yorkville, Illinois.