8-31 IAN Port of Lewiston

 State Funding Supports Infrastructure Projects in Idaho. The Port of Lewiston in western Idaho and Clark County in the east will receive funding from the Rural Economic Development and Integrated Freight Transportation Program (REDIFIT) to benefit Idaho’s freight shipping infrastructure. 

The Port of Lewiston will receive a loan for $600,000 for a dock extension. The dock extension will improve the efficiency, productivity, and safety of marine operations.  Extending the west end of the dock will provide better staging for containerized and non-containerized cargo and will allow the staging of a second barge. I talked with Laura Johnson from ISDA: “I thought Idaho was land bound. We have the only inland seaport in the West . Huh?  That is an inland seaport. They load barges with containers and freight and they barge it down the river to the Port of Portland. The Columbia River? Yes sir. I don’t know about percentages but there are peas and lentils, wheat, frozen french fries that go down that river by barge.” Go to portoflewiston.com  and see for yourself.