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Logistics industry relieved as Lamar construction approaches

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 17, 2018 6:38 PM CT | Published: September 17, 2018 4:02 PM CT
<strong>Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam talks at the BNSF intermodal terminal on Aug. 22, 2018, about a recent grant to fund road improvements along the Lamar corridor. Railway executives and local officials gathered at the event to discuss the impact of the overhaul.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam talks at the BNSF intermodal terminal on Aug. 22, 2018, about a recent grant to fund road improvements along the Lamar corridor. Railway executives and local officials gathered at the event to discuss the impact of the overhaul. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

<strong>Railway executive Roger Nobert discusses the impact of road improvements along Lamar on the BNSF intermodal facility before a visit to the facility by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Aug. 22, 2018.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Railway executive Roger Nobert discusses the impact of road improvements along Lamar on the BNSF intermodal facility before a visit to the facility by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Aug. 22, 2018. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

<strong>Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam talks to railroad executives at the BNSF intermodal terminal on Aug. 22, 2018, about a recent grant to fund road improvements along the Lamar corridor.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam talks to railroad executives at the BNSF intermodal terminal on Aug. 22, 2018, about a recent grant to fund road improvements along the Lamar corridor. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

It’s hard to say who’s happier to see light at the end of the tunnel for the Lamar corridor’s infamous gridlock. Is it owners and operators of trucks that clog the commercial artery and feeder streets, burning fuel, polluting air, wasting drivers’ time and slowing the movement of goods?

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Bill Haslam BNSF Railroad Jim Strickland Lamar Avenue U.S. Department of Transportation
Wayne Risher

Wayne Risher

Business news reporter, 43-year veteran of print journalism, 35-year resident of Memphis, University of Georgia alumnus and proud father and spouse of University of Memphis graduates.

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