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CFX/DeLong transloading project moves toward federal grant application and May 29 groundbreaking
Summary
Commission staff updated members on DeLong's rail‑served agricultural transloading facility, a planned federal Infrastructure Development Program grant application and a May 29 groundbreaking for phase 2 (storage silos). Staff said a federal funding notice revision may delay the grant submission.
Staff updated commissioners on the CFX/DeLong transloading facility planned just south of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), describing rail improvements, new handling equipment and a phase‑2 silo construction that would add storage for grain and feed products.
Staff reminded commissioners that the commission previously approved participation in a significant Infrastructure Development Program grant application to the U.S. Maritime Administration, and said the application was planned as a roughly $17 million request. Staff said the federal Notice of Funding Opportunity recently showed signs of revision at the federal level, which may change submission criteria and could delay the application deadline; the city’s law department and consultants are finalizing the application and staff said they are ready to submit once the federal guidance is finalized.
Separately, staff announced a May 29 groundbreaking event for the transloading facility in the mid‑morning; invitations to commissioners will follow. The presentation noted that the facility will function as a rail‑served transloading terminal to move agricultural products from railcars into containers for export through the port and that the project is one of two regional efforts to increase agricultural export capacity (the Portsmouth Belt Line and a Raymont project were also referenced).
Commissioners asked about market conditions and tariffs; staff acknowledged those risks but said developers remained confident in market demand. No formal action was taken; staff will continue coordination with the law department and federal partners and will advise commissioners when the grant application is submitted.
