CenterPoint Intermodal Center

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CenterPoint Intermodal Center is an intermodal freight terminal located in Elwood, Illinois. It is considered the largest inland port in North America. [1]

Intermodal freight transport Cargo transport using multiple types of vehicles

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation, without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster. Reduced costs over road trucking is the key benefit for inter-continental use. This may be offset by reduced timings for road transport over shorter distances.

Elwood, Illinois Village in Illinois, United States

Elwood is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,279 at the 2010 United States Census.

Dry port

A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.

The Intermodal Center includes a 785-acre Union Pacific Railroad complex just south of Joliet and a 770-acre BNSF Railway complex further to the southwest. [2] The facility's location was formerly part of the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. Construction of the Intermodal Center began as part of the Joliet Arsenal redevelopment effort after 2000. [3] The village of Elwood supported this with $150 million of TIF funding. [4]

Union Pacific Railroad Class I railroad in the United States

Union Pacific Railroad is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. The Union Pacific Railroad system is the 2nd largest in the United States after BNSF and is one of the world's largest transportation companies. The Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of the Union Pacific Corporation, both headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

BNSF Railway freight railroad network in North America

The BNSF Railway Company is the largest freight railroad network in North America. One of ten North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 42,000 employees, 32,500 miles (52,300 km) of track in 28 states, and more than 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the western and eastern United States. BNSF trains traveled over 169 million miles in 2010, more than any other North American railroad.

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant

Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP, formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal) was a United States Army arsenal located in Will County, Illinois, near Elwood, Illinois, south of Joliet, Illinois. Opened in 1940 during World War II, the facility consisted of the Elwood Ordnance Plant (EOP) and the Kankakee Ordnance Works (KNK). In 1945, the two were deactivated and combined forming the Joliet Arsenal. The plant was reactivated for the Korean War and renamed Joliet Army Ammunition Plant during the Vietnam War. Production of TNT ended in 1976, and the major plant operations closed shortly after in the late 1970s. The facility briefly revived an automated load-assemble-pack (LAP) artillery shell operation that was managed by the Honeywell Corporation during the Reagan administration in the 1980s before it was finally closed.

Local concerns

As the freight traffic from Centerpoint grew, neighboring communities began to complain of safety, traffic and noise impacts. In 2014 the Village of Elwood attempted to enforce designated truck routes, but Centerpoint fought this in court. [5]

Elwood has also sued Centerpoint regarding the use of their TIF funds, claiming that the project has generated less revenue and fewer jobs than promised. [6] Mayor Bill Offerman explained, "Instead of a vibrant retail base, good-paying jobs and needed tax dollars that it promised, CenterPoint has given us a barrage of heavy truck traffic that puts residents in harm's way, low-paying warehouse jobs that make it impossible for middle-class families to live on and a mere fraction of the revenue it touted (the village) would receive in return." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on New Shipping Facility in Joliet Intermodal Park". Illinois.gov. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Mullen Presentation" (PDF). Northwestern University Transportation Center. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "About JADA". Jada.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Reiher, Nick (7 February 2013). "Elwood sues CenterPoint over TIF dollars for intermodal". Bugle Newspapers. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Healy, Vikki Ortiz (9 July 2014). "Small town Elwood fights big-time truck traffic". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Elwood sues industrial developer over incentives deal". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Ori, Ryan (17 June 2015). "Village amps up fight against CenterPoint". Crain's Chicago Business: Chicago Real Estate Daily.

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