Construction of intermodal facility at Stockton, Calif.

摘要

What happens when a company does careful planning and works closely with local agencies to construct a new world-class facility? The outcome is Burlington Northern and Santa Fe's intermodal facility, near Stockton, Calif., which recently received a 2002 Regional Excellence Award for innovative use of lime treatment for subgrade. Also in 2002, BNSF was recognized by area agencies as the premier pollution preventer for its efforts. The County of San Joaquin gave BNSF the award, citing improvements in the environmental categories of land, water and air. Besides providing additional wildlife habitat, storm water runoff became controlled, traffic congestion and the number of trucks on area highways were reduced.