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Authority reports railhead progress; plans advance procurement of rail, ties, ballast and fiber for early track work
Summary
Staff said a Wascos-area railhead is on track, with about 1.25 miles of track installed and civil work completed; the authority plans separate commodity procurements and a multiple-award task-order contract (MATOC) to accelerate small-business participation.
Authority staff reported the railhead project, the storage and staging facility intended to receive track materials, is on schedule and that civil work was completed in May. Bassem Aldem, the statewide regional director, said the railhead sits on roughly 150 acres the authority owns and includes about 10 miles of siding and storage track. He said approximately 1.25 miles of track had been placed as of early July and that the site's civil work was finished two months…
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