| Benefits According to an independent
study, benefits realized after the first 10 years of intermodal facility
operation:
- $660 million in transportation cost savings to shippers.
- A reduction of 49 million truck miles in Ohio.
- Significant reduction of emissions.
This same study showed that over the next 30 years, the new intermodal
facility and resulting development will produce:
- 9,500 direct jobs.
- 10,900 indirect jobs.
- 34 million additional square feet of industrial-building development.
- $1.2 billion of building construction.
- $1.37 billion invested in machinery and equipment.
- $15.1 billion economic impact.
- $800+ million in direct local, state and school district tax revenues.
- $1.26 billion of indirect tax revenues.
For more information about this project, contact David Whitaker, Vice President of Business Communications & Development, at (614) 239-5028 or via email at dwhitaker@ColumbusAirports.com.
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