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State helps pay for rail sidings serving feed mill on shortline near Candor
North Carolina On Track, Fall 2000 (p. 3). See photo.
Mountaire Farms' new "state of the art" feed mill near Candor is the latest company to benefit from the state's Industrial Rail Access Program.
The state contributed $115,000 to help Mountaire and the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway construct sidetracks to handle more than 4,000 carloads annually of corn and other ingredients to make feed for the region's poultry producers.
Mountaire, based in Delaware, will employ 59 persons and invest $10 million in its new Candor mill.
"With tobacco losing its economic stability, this (the production of chickens) has given North Carolina farmers another alternative," noted Robert Menzies, president of the AC&W Railway.
The track construction at Mountaire is the third Industrial Access project completed along the AC&W since the state launched the program in 1994. It is the 45th project done statewide.
Pam Davis of the NCDOT Rail Division calculated 5,600 new jobs created in 34 communities as a result of the state's investment of $4 million in the Industrial Rail Access program during the past six years.
The state provides up to 50 percent of the funding for industrial sidings, with a cap of $124,000 per project.
Project applications are evaluated on potential economic benefit by weighing criteria such as the number of new jobs to be created, the amount of capital investment from the company, rail use, local government support, and the area's economic conditions. Local governments, economic development agencies, railroad companies and industries are eligible for funds to secure rail access.
"This program not only improves the economy, but helps maintain our transportation system," said NCDOT Secretary David McCoy. "The additional rail shipments eliminate some truck traffic from the state's major highways, reducing wear and tear on the raodways and improving the efficiency of our transportation system."
McCoy said the extra 29,000 railcar shipments related to the Industrial Access Program during the past six years translates into more than 116,000 truckloads of materials that otherwise would have been transported by highway.

	Home The company Our system For businesses Industrial development Links Contact us Photos			State helps pay for rail sidings serving feed mill on shortline near Candor North Carolina On Track, Fall 2000 (p. 3). See photo. Mountaire Farms' new "state of the art" feed mill near Candor is the latest company to benefit from the state's Industrial Rail Access Program. The state contributed $115,000 to help Mountaire and the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway construct sidetracks to handle more than 4,000 carloads annually of corn and other ingredients to make feed for the region's poultry producers. Mountaire, based in Delaware, will employ 59 persons and invest $10 million in its new Candor mill. "With tobacco losing its economic stability, this (the production of chickens) has given North Carolina farmers another alternative," noted Robert Menzies, president of the AC&W Railway. The track construction at Mountaire is the third Industrial Access project completed along the AC&W since the state launched the program in 1994. It is the 45th project done statewide. Pam Davis of the NCDOT Rail Division calculated 5,600 new jobs created in 34 communities as a result of the state's investment of $4 million in the Industrial Rail Access program during the past six years. The state provides up to 50 percent of the funding for industrial sidings, with a cap of $124,000 per project. Project applications are evaluated on potential economic benefit by weighing criteria such as the number of new jobs to be created, the amount of capital investment from the company, rail use, local government support, and the area's economic conditions. Local governments, economic development agencies, railroad companies and industries are eligible for funds to secure rail access. "This program not only improves the economy, but helps maintain our transportation system," said NCDOT Secretary David McCoy. "The additional rail shipments eliminate some truck traffic from the state's major highways, reducing wear and tear on the raodways and improving the efficiency of our transportation system." McCoy said the extra 29,000 railcar shipments related to the Industrial Access Program during the past six years translates into more than 116,000 truckloads of materials that otherwise would have been transported by highway.