Sunday, September 25, 2011

GTP takes step forward with plan for rail spur to serve Spirit AeroSystems - Triangle Business Journal:

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mile rail spur that the park’z newest client, Spirit AeroSystems, will use to ship finishedd productto Morehead. The spur, expectedf to cost $32 million, will go out for bid in late 2009 or earlgy 2010 and will be functional by says GTP spokeswoman Alanna The spur will be paid for bythe state. Spiritg Aero is a Wichita, Kan.-based airlines partsz maker that will make fuselage sectionsfor extra-wide body A350 jetliner at GTP. Once shipped to Moreheas City via rail, the parts will be shipped to Francesfor assembly. Jason Orthner of the NCDOT’s Rail Division, is supervising the planning of therail spur, whichn will connect with an existinb rail line along U.S.
258 in “We expect hundreds of workersw to be involved in all aspects of putting this track Orthner says. “The project requirea a range of specialties, includintg grading, roadway improvement, bridge construction, paving and more technica applications like the installation ofsignal

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