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11/10/2020
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The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs awarded an Alabama Inland Port Infrastructure Program grant to the Decatur-Morgan County Port Authority in Alabama to partly fund construction of two warehouses.
The 70,000-square-feet of new warehouse space will help the port better serve the agriculture and steel markets. The added space also will Decatur serve as a transportation mode for the automotive sector in Alabama and Tennessee, Watco Co. LLC officials said in a press release.
Watco will contribute funds for the warehouses, located at Watco’s Decatur Riverport terminal in the Mallard-Fox Creek Industrial Park.
The project’s total investment value is $3.3 million and will include the hiring of additional Watco employees.
Norfolk Southern Railway serves the port.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs awarded an Alabama Inland Port Infrastructure Program grant to the Decatur-Morgan County Port Authority in Alabama to partly fund construction of two warehouses.
The 70,000-square-feet of new warehouse space will help the port better serve the agriculture and steel markets. The added space also will Decatur serve as a transportation mode for the automotive sector in Alabama and Tennessee, Watco Co. LLC officials said in a press release.
Watco will contribute funds for the warehouses, located at Watco’s Decatur Riverport terminal in the Mallard-Fox Creek Industrial Park.
The project’s total investment value is $3.3 million and will include the hiring of additional Watco employees.Norfolk Southern Railway serves the port.
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