YUMA, Ariz. -- Forty-two people representing the government, the military, the agriculture industry and others have met with Union Pacific to begin discussing a proposed rail line through the area.
"We're trying to get everyone the same level of information, so we can make an intelligent decision to guide this thing or stand against it," said Mack Luckie, executive director of the Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Even though actual shipments over a proposed rail line would not begin until 2012, it is possible that Yuma would need to decide where it stands on the rail line within the next 90 days, said Luckie and developer Rob Ingold, who also attended the recent meeting.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the railroad is among a group of companies considering opportunities with the development of a super port at Punta Colonet in Baja California. Proposals for this project may be due as soon as this spring, and bids on development around the port could be taken in the fall.
If the UP group won the bid, it would need to build 200 miles of rail in Mexico as well as 16 to 30 miles of new track in the U.S.
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