The Freightway

Ameren Illinois, in partnership with the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Intersect Illinois, Greater St. Louis, Inc., and the St. Louis Regional Freightway, recently held the inaugural Southwest Illinois Economic Development Leadership Summit, bringing together bi-state economic development leaders, the CEOs of major local companies, and other key stakeholders with a shared […]

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This article was published by AviationPros on November 15, 2024. Regional employment within aerospace manufacturing in the St. Louis area grew by more than 1,800 new jobs, or 11.9 percent, over the last five years. This represents a growth rate 10-times faster than the national growth rate of only 1.1% since 2019. Those statistics were among the new numbers shared […]

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This article was published by Area Development on November 12, 2024. The St. Louis region is experiencing a surge in aerospace activity, driven by more than $5 billion in investments across its busiest airports and top aerospace manufacturers and aerospace service companies. The formation of a new St. Louis Regional Aerospace and Aviation Task Force is aimed at capitalizing on this growth, […]

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This article was published by St. Louis Post Dispatch on November 8, 2024. A newly announced $600 million contract to widen and rebuild Interstate 70 from Wentzville to Warrenton is the largest ever awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The work, which will start next spring and continue until the end of 2028, will be the second of six […]

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This article was published by Construction Digest on November 1, 2024. The East-West Gateway Council of Governments recently approved the 2025 Priority Projects List featuring the top freight infrastructure funding needs for the St. Louis region in eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois. The 2025 list includes 27 projects that represent a total investment of more than $8 billion. As of […]

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The original article comes from St. Louis Post Dispatch on October 29, 2024 Federal regulators have determined that the planned $2.8 billion revamp of St. Louis Lambert International Airport will have no significant environmental impact. The decision by the Federal Aviation Administration is the latest hurdle cleared for Lambert’s plan to consolidate the airport’s two passenger terminals into one new […]

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The original article comes from the Waterways Journal on October 18, 2024 Crowds of busy, excited, attentive high school students were bused to Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., for the latest We Work The Waterways (WWTW) event on October 16 to learn about the many possibilities for a rewarding career on, or adjacent to, the river industry. […]

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The original article comes from Anheuser- Busch on October 22, 2024 Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD), America’s leading brewer and maker of Michelob ULTRA, Busch Light, Budweiser, and Bud Light, today announced a new $8 million investment in its St. Louis brewery. Over the last 5 years, Anheuser-Busch has invested nearly $2 billion in its facilities across the country to help create and […]

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The original article comes from Anheuser- Busch on October 22, 2024 Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD), America’s leading brewer and maker of Michelob ULTRA, Busch Light, Budweiser, and Bud Light, today announced a new $8 million investment in its St. Louis brewery. Over the last 5 years, Anheuser-Busch has invested nearly $2 billion in its facilities across the country to help create and […]

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St. Louis Downtown Airport has been awarded $4,740,328 in funding through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Grant Program to help cover the cost of completing the third phase of construction for its taxiway reconstruction project. The work on Taxiway Bravo will be completed under an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The multi-phased planning, design […]

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The original article comes from Spectrum News on October 5, 2024 Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ties St. Louis at No. 3 in the country for its job growth rate. Indianapolis is the other. Between August 2023 and August 2024, nonfarm employment increased in 24 metros while remaining mostly unchanged in 27 others, according to the recently […]

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The original article comes from TheTelegraph on October 3, 2024 The port was originally known as the Tri-City Regional Port District before a major expansion in 2000 when it took over the closing U.S. Army Charles Melvin Price Support Center. Renamed River’s Edge, it was later called America’s Central Port and provides loading/offloading facilities for barge, rail and truck traffic, industrial development, […]

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The original article comes from The Illinois Business Journal on October 3, 2024 October is National Manufacturing Month, a time to celebrate modern manufacturing and to inspire interest in manufacturing careers. Some manufacturing companies open their doors to the public and join educational institutions and organizations this month in hosting events. Individuals interested in exploring career opportunities in the manufacturing sector […]

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The original article comes from the The Argus on September, 28, 2024 Learn how St. Louis successfully retained and expanded Procter & Gamble’s home products facility at North St. Louis, resulting in the creation of new jobs and a $180 million investment.  

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The original article comes from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on September, 25, 2024 Lufthansa Airlines is continuing its nonstop flights from St. Louis to Frankfurt, Germany, at least through the end of 2025. St. Louis Lambert International Airport’s director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, said the two years of financial incentives offered by St. Louis area interests to lure the German-based airline expired […]

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The original article comes from The Business Journal on September 6, 2024 St. Louis startup Intramotev, which produces self-propelled, electric-powered railcars, has signed a switching agreement with Eagle Drayage, a freight carrier also based in St. Louis.

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The St. Louis Regional Freightway has added three additional properties to its growing pipeline of rail-accessible industrial real estate sites: Admiral Parkway, Forest Boulevard, and Granite City Buildings and Land. They bring the total number of rail-served sites in the pipeline to 20, spread across 16 locations. These sites all feature heavy industrial user zoning ready for developers to take […]

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The St. Louis Regional Freightway is launching a new task force in collaboration with the region’s five busiest airports, leading employers in the aerospace manufacturing and service sector and other leaders in education and workforce training. The launch is in response to more than $5 billion in planned investments that are creating urgent demand for workers to fill an estimated […]

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The original article comes from The Business Journal on August 25, 2024 Intramotev, a St. Louis-based company developing what it describes as a self-propelled, battery-powered railcar, has raised $14 million from investors as it plans to grow its staff in preparation for making several new deployments of its technology globally.

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The original article comes from Cook County Chronical on August 15, 2024 Nine local initiatives and activities have been given grants to support planning efforts and develop transportation improvements. Administered by IDOT using $7.5 million in federal funds, with matching funds of $1.25 million from the state and $741,000 from local governments, the grants are designed to advance the objectives […]

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