Train Traffic to Increase with Sioux Falls Rail Yard Project
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls is preparing for the redevelopment of 10 acres of rail yard property after years of negotiations and a $27 million land deal with BNSF Railway.
The Argus Leader reports that the project will result in fewer lines running through downtown but more traffic on the remaining lines.
The downtown rail yard has been used for years to store and interchange cars for BNSF and Ellis and Eastern Railroad. Those lines will move from that rail yard to another area where new siding tracks are being built this summer.
BNSF plans to initially focus its attention on a downtown connection track that needs to be relocated and then prep the defunct rail yard for redevelopment.
The city envisions a development with retail, restaurants and residential offerings in the rail yard's place.
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