Project Collateral: August 18, 2009 Public Meeting

Project presentations prepared for the Birmingham Intermodal Facility Project may be obtained on this page of the website.  Adobe Reader is required to view these documents.  The program is available as a free download.  If you are unsure if you have the reader, you can click on a link to any PDF file to see if it opens properly.

*UPDATED INFORMATION* Many of these displays have been updated/revised based on public input and environmental and engineering studies and were presented at the November 12, 2009 Public Involvement Meeting.  

pdf IMF Conceptual Plan

pdf What is an Intermodal Facility?

pdf The Crescent Corridor: Parallel Rail-Highway Infrastructure

pdf Why do we need intermodal facilities?

pdf Schedule

pdf Intermodal Project Employment Impact Analysis

pdf Roadway Volumes

pdf Air Quality

pdf Safety of Commodities

pdfWho is Norfolk Southern?

Promoting Economic Development

Intermodal terminals have proven to be a powerful engine of growth. The McCalla Hub will create or benefit 8600 jobs and have a cumulative economic impact of more than $4 billion over the next ten years.
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Preserving Quality of Life

Norfolk Southern is committed to ensuring that the quality of life for McCalla residents is maintained through the enhancements planned for the intermodal hub.
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Growing Green

Intermodal is the safest, most efficient, and economical way to move freight. A typical intermodal train hauls 280 truckloads of freight and moves a ton of freight 436 miles on one gallon of fuel.
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