Washington State Route 281 from Quincy to George Designated as a Critical Rural Freight Corridor

QUINCY, Wash., Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Federal Highway Administration have recently designated Washington State Route (SR) 281 as a "Critical Rural Freight Corridor."  SR 281 is located within the boundaries of the Port of Quincy, and runs for approximately 10 miles between Interstate 90 (I-90) at George, Washington and State Route 28 at Quincy, Washington. 

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This important designation of SR 281 as a Critical Rural Freight Corridor puts SR 281 in strong consideration or on a higher priority to be widened to four lanes (from George to Quincy).

There are several reasons for the designation of SR 281 as a Critical Rural Freight Corridor.  SR 281 is a high volume "T-2" truck corridor, and in 2015, nearly 8 million tons of cargo traveled on it.   In particular, a large volume of truck traffic on SR 281 comes from the Wenatchee and Chelan areas on SR 28 via SR 281 to I-90.   The Wenatchee and Chelan areas are among the largest fruit packing areas in the world.   Additionally, a great deal of truck traffic comes directly from Quincy, as there are several food processors (frozen French fries, frozen vegetables, etc.), fresh produce packers (apples, potatoes, onions, etc.), and nearly 1 million square feet of cold storage warehousing in Quincy, which stores many of the above mentioned products that are mostly transported from Quincy on SR 281 to I-90, destined for export from the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, or for Midwest or East Coast domestic markets.

Moreover, the designation of SR 281 is widely supported by shippers, farmers, processors, organizations and businesses in central Washington, as dozens of letters of support were collected by the Port of Quincy and sent to QUADCO (a regional transportation planning organization in central WA) and WSDOT in August.

Furthermore, the Port of Quincy has an Intermodal Terminal in Quincy, which is located on the Seattle-to-Chicago BNSF Northern Corridor mainline.  The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal has been a key hub for shipping Washington State fresh produce and frozen foods to destinations throughout the Midwest and East Coast of the United States.

For more information, please contact Curt Morris or Patrick Boss of the Port of Quincy 509-214-7696 or [email protected].  

About Port of Quincy

Located in the center of Washington State near the Columbia River, the Port of Quincy is ranked as one of the top low-cost rural locations in the United States for business and economic development with a full array of infrastructure including: plentiful low-cost hydropower electricity, high-capacity bandwidth dark fiber, an abundant supply of irrigation water, a major interstate freeway (I-90), a large capacity water treatment system, an ample supply of natural gas, a skilled workforce, approved foreign trade zone status, relatively inexpensive industrial and commercial properties, nearby commercial air service, a key cross-country rail mainline (BNSF Railway from Seattle to Chicago), a modern rail intermodal terminal, and a central location in the heart of Washington State's most productive irrigated agricultural region. The Port of Quincy has premier sites for food processing and food manufacturing companies, warehousing, distribution and cold storage companies, high-tech companies and data centers, etc.  At the Port of Quincy major fresh produce, and food processing & distribution companies such as Lamb Weston, National Frozen Foods, Quincy Foods (NORPAC), Amway-Nutrilite, Simplot, Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers, Stemilt, CMI Orchards, Double Diamond, Jones Produce, Lineage Logistics, etc. find themselves next to technology companies like Dell, Intuit, Microsoft, Sabey, Vantage and Yahoo!.

SOURCE Port of Quincy

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