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8/22/2023
Oregon International Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint Development have submitted a federal Mega grant proposal to help fund construction of the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port project (PCIP).
The PCIP is considered a project of national significance because it will create a new gateway for West Coast imports and exports through the Port of Coos Bay, port officials said in a press release.
When completed, the new facility will handle 1.2 million containers per year. Its design will feature green technologies with a focus on electrification, as well as landside container movements by rail. Using rail for nearly 100% of landside container movements will minimize highway congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%, port officials said.
The project will consist of three parts: deepening and widening the Coos Bay Federal Navigation Channel; systemwide upgrades to the Coos Bay Rail Line (CBRL); and construction of the rail-served maritime terminal on the port’s North Spit.
If a Mega grant is awarded to the project, it will be used to fund work on the Federal Navigation Channel and CBRL. NorthPoint Development will fund construction of the terminal, port officials said.
The CBRL improvements will include modification to the nine tunnels along the line to accommodate double-stacked container traffic, and the addition of sidings throughout the mainline to improve the movement of six unit trains moving outbound and six unit trains traveling inbound.
Also, extensive work will be completed to the track and bridges to add capacity and improve the overall condition of the infrastructure.
The Mega grant program — also known as the the National Infrastructure Project Assistance program — supports large, complex projects that are difficult to fund by other means and likely to generate national or regional economic, mobility or safety benefits.