Lub xyoo 2018 Minnesota bonding nqi nrog $5.2 vam rau qhov chaw nres nkoj kev loj hlob Assistance Fund. Raws li Kathryn Sarnecki, VP harbor tswj ntawm tus neeg dawb huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai, "Qhov no yog ib tug yeej loj loj rau Minnesota ports thiab yuav mus ib txoj kev ntev mus fund $10 lab (million) nyob rau hauv infrastructure tej yaam num peb [Minnesota Ports Association] muaj twb nrhiav tau.

Minnesota Lub Caj Meem Fai Saib Xyuas Kev Thauj Chaw Nres Nkoj thiab Dej ntws yuav thaum kawg txiav txim seb nyiaj txiag yuav allocated. Txhua qhov chaw nres nkoj yuav xa lawv cov kev thov los saib xyuas. Cov ntaub ntawv yuav muaj nyob, thiab nyiaj txiag allocated saum tej yaam num.

Ports rub ua ke

Ntxiv rau cov neeg dawb Huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai, muaj cov pej xeem ports hauv Duluth, liab tis thiab Winona. Thaum cov ports vie rau tib duas las, lawv coj ib txoj kev los ntawm lobbying rau lub xeev nyiaj ua ke los ntawm lub koom haum Minnesota Ports Association, ib lub tswv yim tsim 26 xyoo dhau los.

Sarnecki ntxiv, "yog dab tsi txog qhov chaw nres nkoj kev loj hlob, thiab noj peb thov kom cov legislature, yog tias peb nrhiav tau kev them nyiaj yug los ntawm ob tog ntawm lub aisle thiab los ntawm ob leeg nyob deb nroog thiab urban legislators hauv lub xeev Minnesota. Qhov kev them nyiaj yug no tso cai rau Minnesota ua ib tug economy uas competes rau lub ntiaj teb-dav teev. Nws kuj qhia tau hais tias cov lus peb legislators muaj dej shipping thiab lub zej zog ua teb."

Ua Teb Cov Lus Tseeb

Dej shipping muab tswv teb ib txoj kev zoo rau grains mus tom khw thiab fertilizers rau teb.  Raws li Ben Doane, barge freight merchandiser ntawm CHS, 60 feem pua ntawm tag nrho cov grain exports yog qhia los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas Gulf Corridor. Raws li Doane piav txog, "Tus dej Mississippi river yog qhov txuas rau saw hlau uas connects hauv zos growers rau lub ntiaj teb no marketplace."

Nws ntxiv, "tus dej lawv nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas consists ntawm 12,000 mais ntawm waterways, spanning 38 lub xeev. Barge exports equate rau $250 kuj nyob rau hauv cov nyiaj thoob teb chaws no." Lub Xeev Minnesota ranks #4 nyob hauv lub teb chaws rau agricultural exports. Grains xws li soybeans, pob kws, pub thiab nplej, nyiaj rau $539 vam nyob rau hauv ib xyoos twg muag khoom thiab $381.7 vam txog lub xeev tag nrho cov khoom (GSP). Tau qhov twg los: Tus nqi ntawm txoj kev tshawb no Trade, 2014, U.S. Grains sawv daws.

 Neeg dawb huv Paul liab pob zeb thov

Tus neeg dawb Paul chaw nres nkoj cai yog soj ntsuam ob tej yaam num hauv saint Paul. Thawj yog thaum lub pob zeb liab Terminal uas muaj teeb meem loj uas yuav muaj tau muab. Rail tsheb, uas ua si ib tug tseem ceeb nyob rau hauv lub tsheb thauj mus los intermodal tsheb thauj mus los, nquag thaiv industrial terminal nkag rau upwards ntawm 90 feeb ib lub sij hawm. Thaum muaj xwm ceev, tej zaum yuav muaj tsheb thaum muaj xwm ceev yuav tsis tau nkag mus rau hauv los yog tawm hauv ib lub sij hawm manner.

Qhov no yog ib qhov teeb meem rau 175,000 tus neeg los nyob rau hauv thiab tawm hauv pob zeb liab rau tej hnub muab hnub, xws li cov neeg ua hauj lwm thiab tsheb tsav tsheb sim tau grains mus tom khw, asphalt rau txoj kev tej yaam num los yog cement siv tej yaam num. Ntxiv rau kev txhawj xeeb txog kev txhawj xeeb, lawv muaj peev xwm ua lag ua luam nyob rau hauv ib lub sij hawm manner no kuj negatively tej yam.

Cov tshuaj no yog ib lwm txoj kev mus saib rau lub rail, ib tug uas yuav bypass davhlau ya nyob twg nkag.

Neeg dawb Huv Paul Southport thov

Qhov thib ob thov yuav txhawb ib qib sib cais ntawm tus nkag rau sab qab zog Terminal, uas txoj kev choj hla lub railroad tracks. Zoo li lub pob zeb liab peb tes num, qhov no yuav tshem tawm tsheb khiav back-ups xws li hnyav tsheb khiav thiab txo idling emissions. Qhov kev thov no tseem ceeb heev rau cov neeg dawb huv Paul tuaj nyob ze lub davhlau ya nyob twg. Los ntawm lub nroog Southport Industrial txoj kev tshawb no, cov neeg expressed tej kev txhawj xeeb txog plua plav, tsheb emissions thiab tag nrho cua zoo.