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Utah Inland Port Authority touts $200M investments, rail and power plans for Box Elder County
Summary
At a Box Elder County Commission meeting, Utah Inland Port Authority presented its 2025 annual report highlighting the Lakeshore Learning ribbon cutting (400 hires, $200M invested), Nucor’s $200M expansion, plans to add 178 acres to a project area and work on rail and power infrastructure to support future growth.
Stephanie Pack of the Utah Inland Port Authority presented the authority’s 2025 annual report to the Box Elder County Commission, highlighting recent private investments and infrastructure plans meant to attract industry to the county. "They have already hired 400 people for that facility," Pack said of the Lakeshore Learning project, adding that the company has "invested over 200,000,000 into the community as of today."
Pack told commissioners the authority triggered the Lakeshore Learning project area this year, starting a 25‑year timeline for parcel‑by‑parcel development, and said the authority plans to add 178 acres in Willard City to its project area. She also described recruitment work for another large project and noted Nucor’s announced towers‑and‑structures expansion, which Pack said would bring about $200,000,000 in capital spending and is already in permitting stages with Brigham City. "This is gonna bring another $200,000,000 of capital expenditure to the community," Pack said.
Pack addressed commissioners’ questions about rail and power by saying recent rail developments — including a new BNSF intermodal hub in Salt Lake County — increase rail options in Utah and could make Box Elder County more attractive to rail users. She said the authority is exploring transload facilities to enable companies not adjacent to rail lines to access rail service and is working with local communities on power infrastructure, including tax‑sharing arrangements to fund substations. "We can use the growth that's coming to help pay for that needed infrastructure," Pack said.
Commissioners asked for maps and follow‑up materials; Pack said the authority would deliver maps of the Willard expansion to the commission later. The presentation concluded with Pack describing a pipeline of more than 20 active recruitment projects in the county and the authority’s intention to work with local leaders on incentives, zoning and infrastructure timing.
