Feds release funds for port rail project

Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald A segment of railroad north of Moses Lake that will be refurbished as part of the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad project.

Port of Moses Lake/courtesy image A map of the proposed Northern Columbia Basin Railroad project.

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | August 25, 2020 12:10 AM

MOSES LAKE — The Federal Railroad Administration has finally approved the Port of Moses Lake’s revised Northern Columbia Basin Railroad project and released $9.9 million in long-promised federal funding.

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