Virginia
Virginia budget includes funding for Bristol inland port study
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Virginia’s state funds contains funding for a examine about establishing an inland port in Bristol.
An inland port is a method for items to be moved round by rail.
Sen. Todd Pillion pushed for the funding and the funds units apart $200,000 to conduct the examine.
At present, the funds is being reviewed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Virginia solely has one inland port situated in Entrance Royal.
Pillion instructed Information Channel 11 that the identical rails that presently haul coal could possibly be used to maneuver items from the Tri-Cities area.
“We now have explicit items that we produce out right here in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee that we want to get shortly moved throughout the commonwealth to our ports and to different locations within the nation and the world,” Pillion stated.
The senator additionally talked about provide chain points and easing visitors on Interstate 81 as different the explanation why Bristol wants an inland port.