CN, as part of its strategic investments to support growing demand and enable supply chains, will invest approximately $60 million across Louisiana and $50 million in Mississippi in 2020.
In Louisiana, the dollars will go toward a multiyear project to rebuild the McComb Spillway Bridge. In addition, crews will replace six miles of rail, install 20,000 new ties, rebuild 21 grade crossing surfaces, and perform maintenance work on bridges, crossings, culverts, signaling and track.
And in Mississippi, CN’s $50 million in planned capital expenditures will focus on implementing positive train control, replacing 12 miles of rail, installing 125,000 ties, rebuilding 31 crossing surfaces and performing maintenance work on bridges, crossings, culverts, signaling and track.
Recently, CN announced plans to invest $100 million in Wisconsin and