BNSF looking at Kansas for new logistics, intermodal facility

BNSF looking at Kansas for new logistics, intermodal facility    Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co. is considering developing a logistics park and intermodal hub center in Gardner, Kan. to meet growing demand for intermodal service in the region.
   “A potential new Logistics Park facility and BNSF Intermodal Hub Center would represent significant investments in BNSF’s future in the Kansas City region, and would strongly enhance the area’s role in international trade if we can resolve the remaining key issues,” said Matthew K. Rose, BNSF’s chairman, president and chief executive officer.
   BNSF said those issues include: “Resolving questions about how public infrastructure improvements will be funded, BNSF’s finding the right third-party development partner, developing an acceptable design for such a facility, and determining whether an acceptable return can be generated on BNSF’s capital investment.”
   BNSF already has logistics parks near Fort Worth and Chicago.
   The railway expects to have completed its feasibility study on the Gardner location by mid-summer.