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Alter Logistics outlines grant-funded plan to redevelop Rock Island port; council presses for net job gains
Summary
At a study session, Alter Logistics presented redevelopment ideas for the Rock Island port tied to federal grants and a city-funded port master plan. Presenters described dock repairs, a conveyor to replace trucked salt handling, and rail work; council members asked whether automation would reduce net jobs.
At a study session, Alter Logistics presented federal-grant-funded concepts to redevelop the Rock Island port and to support a city-led port district master plan. Paul Ferguson, representing Alter Logistics, described a set of improvements intended to “debottleneck” on-site logistics and expand the port’s transloading capacity.
The presentation came after a staff update on the master plan. Miles, who summarized the grant-funded planning effort, said the RFP and scope break the master plan into three parts: determining strategic direction through an inventory and stakeholder engagement; conducting an operational analysis of freight modes, commodity flows and market gaps; and preparing a resource-investment and management plan…
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