We Need More Inland Ports

The The Northern Virginia Daily's Political Depot has another good piece on the competing transportation plans under consideration. To read it, click here.

One aspect of the House plan I found interesting was the $45 million to upgrade rail lines from Front Royal to Manassas. The money will make it easier to ship goods to and from the Virginia Inland Port which is located in Warren County, close to I-81 and I-66.

The inland port is a distribution point for goods that are received via rail from Norfolk. Ships unload cargo onto trains and then the goods are sent via rail to the inland port. To see a map click here.

Given the truck traffic on I-81 perhaps a few more ports situated throughout the Commonwealth wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Perhaps another port in Roanoke, Charlottesville, or Bristol would go a long way to alleviating a lot of the truck congestion on I-81 and other roads in the Commonwealth.