b'14American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(NETWORKcontinueders for the site and that goalNot so coincidentally, theThebi-partisancommittee70% of its traffic.Wyatt and from page 10) has not changed. He contendsWasatch Front has a steep his- hasthesupportofboththehisteamarecourtinginter-ofcollaborationandUIPAsthe vast acreage and its closetoryofrailroading.Thefirstpresident of the Utah Senatenationalfreighteroperators. new administration chose toproximitytotheSaltLaketranscontinental railroad, withand the Speaker of the HouseHe was previously executive diversify to satellite rural rail- CityInternationalAirportroots going back to the UnionofRepresentatives.LocaldirectorofPortofPortland ports from its previous grandplus Utahs well-publicized rep- Pacific, ran through the regionoppositiontotheUIPAsfor16yearswhichincludes scheme of a single terminal,utation for worker productivitywith tracks reaching the citynewly focused satellite-basedPortland International Airport he says. The game plan is toand close private-public collabo- of Ogdon in 1869. In recentinlandrailportexpansionandlandedCathayPacifics getthesupplychaincloserration will eventually appeal toyears, the area has had a veryplan is reduced compared totranspac flights.tothemanufacturingfacili- thetargetmanufacturersthestrong population growth andthe first large single terminalMostoftheaircargo ties which is a collaborativestate is seeking.However, heis presently the states fasteststrategy. One knowledgeabletoday arrives and leaves SLC win-win solution for Utahsis confident the rural projectsgrowing county. sourcedescribesopponentsInternationalbytruck.But multi-generationalcitizenry,will attract similar manufac- Job creation statewide is aas anti-growthers and vocalwe are working with freight he adds.turers, as well. prime objective of the UIPAsenvironmentalists. forwarderstoidentifyben-s altl akEsN ortHwEst Thethirdinlandruralrevisedplanofinlandsatel- m ultimodalism is tHE eficial cargo owners to intro-railportalreadyidentifiedislite railports. Verk will bringduce them to our larger brand Q uadraNtp rojEct the800-acreVerkIndustrial6,000to8,000much-neededB ackBoNE of tHEs tratEgy new(twoyearold)airport The original UIPA railportPark Project Area in Spanishnewjobstothearea,HartMultimodalismisthewithourraillineandgreat is currently called the North- Fork, Utah that will be locatedforecasts. Elsewhere, Iron Coun- backboneofthenewUIPAaccess, he says. We are geo-westQuadrantinSaltLakeclose to both I-15 and US 6tysproposedrailportshouldregionalstrategyandSaltgraphicallywellpositioned City, a sprawling 16,000 acrehighways.Itsstrategicallygenerate4,000jobs,Span- LakeCityInternational Air- to handle new and bigger air project near the Union Pacif- situatedinthenorth-centralish Fork 3,000 to 4,000 jobs,port,againwithitsproxim- cargoes that are appealing to ics huge, existing transship- part of the state and is on theNorthwestQuadrant30,000ity to the planned Northwestthe railroads.mentterminal.ItdoesnotUnionPacificmainlineandto 40,000 jobs and the fourthQuadrantrailport,willplayIronically, while the Union have an operator yet. But itadjacent to a general aviationinlandrailport,BoxEldera role in helping get big rigPacifichaslongdominated is on the UPs main rail linemunicipal airport. County,alsointhenortherntrucks off the state highways,Utahs rail transportation, only and will be served by severalIts right at the edge ofpartofthestate,2,000jobs,BillWyatt,SLCsairport10%oftheBeehivestates short lines including PatriottheWasatchFrontandcre- he adds. (Box Elder County isdirector,toldtheAmericancargo moves by rail, accord-RailandUtahRailway.atesareallyuniqueoppor- also where the Union PacificJournalofTransportation.ing to a UP spokeswoman at This was originally to be thetunitytohelpcapturemoreandtheCentralPacificrail- The Union Pacifics mainlineitsOmaha,Nebraskahead-stateslonetransshipmenttrafficorconverttruckstoroadsjoinedtheirtrackstoisatthesoutherntipofthequarters.Yetitownsand pointbackwhenUIPAwasrail. But I think it also giveslink the nation). airport, he notes. operates the massive UP Salt plannedbuttheprojectmetaccess to a lot of shippers inWithitsfocusoncol- Theyreallourneigh- Lake City Intermodal Termi-withconsiderableresistancetheUtahCounty community,laboration, the UIPA is help- bors, he adds. SLC is aggres- nal (SLCIT), so it has plenty whichledtotheswitchoversays Hart. With a strong baseingpotentialinlandrailportsivelycourtingaircargo.Itofcapacitytoutilize.This tostrategicallylocatedruralofexportersandimportersoperatorsandmanufacturerscurrently serves UPS, Fed Exinitiative(UIPAssatellite locations. for Utah, this will also helpwithinfrastructurefinanc- and DHL freighters and han- strategy) aims to provide con-AccordingtoHart,theus open shipping corridors toing. On April 23, a new Loandles belly capacity from vari- sistent, reliable movement of Northwest Quadrant locationports we havent worked withApprovalCommitteewasous combi carriers includingcargoonrailthatimproves was chosen to attract the bestbefore such as in the Pacificinstalled, staffed with seniorDelta which uses the airport(NETWORKcontinued on and the brightest manufactur- Northwest. stategovernmentofficials.asahubandaccountsforpage 22)'