Leaders of the Treasure Valley Reload Center will bring in a consulting firm to manage the remaining work that needs to be completed ahead of a potential sale to a national railroad company.
Malheur County, not the state, is in line for most of the proceeds if the Treasure Valley Reload Center is to sell to a national railroad company.
BREAKING NEWS: The Malheur County Development Corp. Board votes on Tuesday, Dec. 17, to consider selling the stalled Nyssa reload project in a deal that also would have Malheur County sell off its Nyssa industrial park. The Malheur County Court is scheduled to consider the plan on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
TREASURE VALLEY RELOAD CENTER: Consulants caution that there are stiff challenges for Malheur County to shift its unfinished rail yard to a container shipping operation. Malheur County Development Corp. is still deciding what to do with $30 million in public investment in the Nyssa project.
TREASURE VALLEY RELOAD CENTER: A new report indicates the Nyssa rail project should be converted to ship cargo containers instead of loading produce onto rail cars. A new consultant is being considered to consider options for the stalled project.
AROUND OREGON: Two freight-to-rail centers in the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon have failed to fulfill a single promise of boosting agricultural exports and reducing emissions
SPECIAL REPORT: More than three miles of rail track built in Nyssa at a cost of millions wasn't done to railroad standards, an investigation by the Enterprise has established. Engineers are now trying to convince Union Pacific to accept the reload system.
With construction stopped and money embargoed, the Malheur County Development Corp. is taking a new look at what could be done with the Nyssa rail depot. A broader mission and even a new design could be coming.
BREAKING: The Oregon Department of Transportation is stopping funding for the troubled Treasure Valley Reload Center. The state in a letter set two key conditions to providing more construction money. The state says the viability of the stalled project is in doubt.