April 29, 2021
Supply Side: EagleRail, National Steel Car, Alstom, Retlif Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
EagleRail Container Logistics says its new system will move containers along an overhead track, and over other infrastructure, to replace the drayage truck model and alleviate port congestion.
EagleRail Container Logistics will launch later this year an automated, overhead container transfer system for ports and intermodal operations; National Steel Car has temporarily suspended manufacturing after employees tested positive for COVID-19; work is under way for Alstom’s railcar facility expansion in Hornell, N.Y.; and Retlif Testing Laboratories has completed a yearlong cybersecurity compliance project for increased protection of rail and transit product testing.
Start with moving a whole lot of earth, both above the ground and below.
The City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency this week continued to set the foundation for a new 135,000 square foot rail car manufacturing facility on Shawmut Drive, applying for a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to offset some costs associated with the project.
The IDA previously secured a $689,000 loan from the Regional Economic Development and Energy Corporation (REDEC) to make the land in the Shawmut Industrial Park “site ready” for development. The IDA took on the project anticipating Alstom would be awarded a contract by Metra to supply a new fleet of rail cars for the Chicago metropolitan area. That foresight was rewarded earlier this year when Alstom won the contract and moved forward with plans for a new car shell manufacturing facility based in Hornell.
IDA targets 2021 development at Shawmut Industrial Park, The Residences
Shawmut Park project, support for further development at The Residences approved
HORNELL Snow isn’t the only thing that will be flying in the Maple City this winter.
A good deal of dirt will also be on the move.
The City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has signed off on just under $500,000 in site work at the Shawmut Industrial Park. The IDA approved a $498,191 contract with LeChase Construction, which will soon have some heavy machinery on site to make the land “shovel ready” for future development.
“It’s all uneven in there. Our idea was to go in there, straighten that site up and make it a good industrial site,” said Hornell IDA president and CEO Jim Griffin. “That’s still the purpose of this project. We have a contract ready to go with LeChase. We put it out to bid and they were the low bidder. We’re going to do a lot of work up there not specific work for anybo
Buckley: Federal COVID relief fell short
Mayor, Argentieri clash over IDA board appointment
The Evening Tribune
HORNELL Mayor John Buckley told the Hornell Common Council Monday night that the U.S. Congress hung local governments “out to dry” after federal lawmakers passed a $900 billion pandemic relief bill that does not include aid to struggling municipalities.
On another matter before the Common Council, Buckley, a Republican, and Democratic Alderman Richard Argentieri clashed over the mayoral appointment of Dr. Richard F. Andolina Jr. to the City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency (CHIDA) Board of Directors.
Andolina, whose appointment was eventually approved unanimously by the Common Council, replaces Democrat Samuel Nasca, who served more than four decades on the CHIDA panel.