Environmental approval for Southern California International Gateway project
The near-dock rail container transfer facility represents a private investment of more than US$500m by BNSF which plans to develop and operate the nation’s greenest intermodal rail yard on a 185 acre (75ha) site approximately four miles (6.5kms) north of the San Pedro Bay port complex.
SCIG will reduce truck traffic, freeway congestion and air pollution by eliminating approximately 1.3m truck trips annually along a 24-mile stretch of the Long Beach (710) Freeway to BNSF’s Hobart Yard near downtown Los Angeles.
“SCIG will be the cleanest rail facility in history”, said Matthew Rose, BNSF’s chairman and CEO. “It will set a new standard for green technology and change the status quo for how trucking companies serve railyards, while reducing traffic and improving air quality.
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