Near-dock rail hub for Jaxport expected by early 2015
“Jaxport will issue a request for proposals for the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, or ICTF, May 1 and the board will approve a contractor in September. Construction is estimated to take another 18 months, Miller said.
Jaxport’s board in March authorized staff to acquire by eminent domain, if necessary, a half acre of privately owned land overlapping the site. Ownership rights to the entire parcel has been disputed by a developer who sought to purchase the property, Jaxport staff has said. Eminent domain would be a quick way to resolve any third party interest.
Jaxport Senior Director of Planning and Properties David Kaufman on Wednesday said Jaxport is working first to settle the issue through mediation.”
Hawkins, Carole. Jacksonville Business Journal 10 April 2013.