Is this project connected to the Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export facility
No. The studies for the SR 432 Rail Realignment and Highway Improvements Project have been underway since the late 1980s. The most recent SR 432 study to evaluate the feasibility of separating the road system from the rail system on the corridor was completed in 2008 – a full two years before Millennium Bulk Terminals purchased the Reynolds/Chinook Ventures property and applied for a permit to build the export facility. The coal terminal is a private industry project that plans to build a single facility and study the environmental impact of their operations.

Phase I of the SR 432 Rail Realignment and Highway Improvements Project is a public works project that is evaluating how to improve the entire road and rail system function of the SR 432 corridor from where it connects at I-5 out to the Port of Longview's Barlow Point property. While the SR 432 Rail Realignment and Highway Improvements Project will take potential future operations at the Millennium Bulk Terminals and Port of Longview's Barlow Point sites into account during the study, the project will continue to move forward regardless of whether Millennium Bulk Terminal's facilities receive permits for construction. The project will accommodate freight and transportation serving properties along its length.

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1. What is the project and what will it accomplish?
2. Who is responsible for this project?
3. How much does this project cost and where does the money come from to pay for it
4. Where is this project located?
5. How can I participate in the process?
6. Is this project connected to the Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export facility
7. If you have questions or comments about the Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export facility, who do I contact?
8. Won't the SR 432 corridor project simply attract more industrial business to the area?