Main road at Inland Port is cut, excavation reshaping land
Published on Friday, April 26, 2013
Jim Fair
The road that will service the Inland Port is being cut. It will enter from J. Verne Smith Parkway (Hwy. 80), make a turn on the main feeder into the port. There will be a 3.5 percent grade on the main road.
Jim Fair
These mounds of dirt, some as high as 20-feet, remain to anchor utility poles that provide power to the remaining warehouse. Once the warehouse is demolished CPW will remove the power lines and the hills that pock-mark the land.
Jim Fair
The port has its own fueling station that supplies diesel to the many vehicles that run from dawn to dusk. A berm is created to control any spillage that may occur.
Jim Fair
These huge trucks are used to take the take the millions of cubic yards of dirt and redistribute it on site. Taking dirt off site can increase excavating costs up to three times more.
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