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>From the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail newspaper



Pennsylvania
Rendell, Norfolk Southern announce intermodal rail facility
By KATE S. ALEXANDER
August 12, 2009
_kate.alexander at herald-mail.com_ (mailto:kate.alexander at herald-mail.com)

_Rendell: Budget woes hurt libraries_
(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=228586&format=html)
_Rendell defends position in budget crisis_
(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=228574&format=html)
GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell showed his support for
Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor initiative Wednesday, promising that his
$45 million contribution will pass in the capital budget.
“Whatever happens in the budget fight, this money will be in there and will
be over the next three years,” Rendell said.
Together with the governor, Norfolk Southern announced Wednesday its plans
to build a $95 million intermodal rail facility in Franklin County, Pa.
Spread over three years, the $45 million will help jump-start a
public-private partnership between the Commonwealth, the federal government and
Norfolk Southern, CEO Wick Moorman said.
The Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility joins four others in the
state. Each is designed to allow transfer of freight between trains and
trucks.
Because of its strategic proximity to key markets, the Franklin County
terminal is vital to the success of the high-speed freight route from Louisiana
to New Jersey, Moorman said.
More than 2,300 miles of Norfolk Southern track run through Pennsylvania,
including those that border the 200-acre site the company purchased in
Antrim Township.
The site is now a corn field, said Jane Pittman, who, with her husband,
George, owns 69 of the 200 acres being sold to Norfolk Southern.
Even though she is losing her home of 40 years, Pittman said she
understands the role she will play in Franklin County’s economic future.
“This is the anchor we have been waiting for,” said Gary Gembe, president
of the Greencastle-Antrim Area Development Corp. “This will have a domino
effect on development at Exit 3.”
Nearly 1,000 acres surrounding Exit 3 are zoned for commercial and
industrial development.
Norfolk Southern was drawn to the site’s proximity to the future Antrim
Commons Business Park, owned by Baltimore-based Atapco, Moorman said.
Yet, it was the support of neighbors and the community that sealed the
deal, he said.
“(It was) that intangible factor, the business environment and community
environment and the people who said ‘we want this here’ that we saw here in
the county,” he said.
Investing in Crescent Corridor is sound economic policy for the
Commonwealth, Rendell said. He estimated that by 2015, the facility in Antrim Township
will employ 600 Pennsylvanians.
Neighbors of the intermodal facility are invited to an informational
meeting Aug. 27 at 4 p.m. PennDOT will host the meeting at Green Grove Gardens on
Pa. 16.

(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=media&media_id=39594)
Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff Photographer
George and Jane Pittman, at right, look at the location of their 69-acre
farm with Russ Powell of Atapco prior to a press conference held by Norfolk
Southern at the Mason Dixon Auto Auction near Exit 3 on I-81. The couple
are selling their farm to Norfolk Southern._Purchase this photo_
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(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=media&media_id=39597)
Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff Photographer
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell talks about plans for the Franklin County
Regional Intermodal Facility during a press conference Wednesday at the
Mason-Dixon Auto Auction._Purchase this photo_ (http://herald-mail.mycapture.com/)

(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=media&media_id=39596)
Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff Photographer
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell shakes hands with Norfolk Southern CEO Wick
Moorman following his remarks detailing plans for the Franklin County
Regional Intermodal Facility during a press conference Wednesday at the
Mason-Dixon Auto Auction._Purchase this photo_ (http://herald-mail.mycapture.com/)

(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=media&media_id=39595)
Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff Photographer
What are now farms and fields at the Milnor Road crossing, near exit 3 on
Interstate 81 in Franklin County, Pa., will become Norfolk Southern's
Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility. The rail facility will be a major
access point in the Crescent Corridor, according to Norfolk
Southern._Purchase this photo_ (http://herald-mail.mycapture.com/)


Jennifer Fitch | Staff Writer
State Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Franklin/Adams/York, and Pennsylvania Gov.
Ed Rendell addressed a crowd of 100 celebrating Norfolk Southern development
coming to Antrim Township. Some footage is provided by Norfolk Southern.
Filmed 4-12-09._Purchase this video_
(http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaysection&section_id=113)


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