Port of Quincy set for rail expansion with fed, state funding
NANCE BESTON/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
QUINCY – Congressman Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, left, and Rep. Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, right, visit the Port of Quincy to tour where a new rail expansion will be placed. Newhouse helped to secure around $2.5 million in federal funds for the expansion. Ybarra, working with Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, and Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, managed to get an additional $2 million in funds for the project from the state. The total cost of the project will be around $16.5 million; however, the $4.5 million in funds secured will allow the port to begin the project, according to a statement from the Port of Quincy.
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