NEWTON Kan. — The Kansas Department of Transportation has committed $3.04 million to the City of Newton for a rail extension in the Kansas Logistics Park.
The grant will fund the extension of rail line from Standridge Color Corp. north-northeast to southeast Ninth Street and south from Standridge across southeast 12th Street to serve the planned GAF Materials development. The rail line is currently served by the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad and connects to the BNSF.
GAF Materials has optioned 230 acres of land for a new facility at southeast 12th and Hillside in the Logistics Park. The KDOT funds are contingent upon GAF moving forward with its building plans.
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