Tampa Port Rail Spur Gets $900M, Industrial Land Soars
900 Million Investment Transforms Tampa's Rail Infrastructure Landscape Nearly $40 million in strategic infrastructure investments is reshaping Tampa's maritime rail environment. Port authorities are racing to capture surging containerized freight volumes. The massive capital deployment centers on two critical rail improvements. These upgrades are designed to accelerate cargo throughput at Florida's busiest container terminals. Port Tampa Bay secured over $19.8 million in infrastructure funding. This will expand capacity at the Hooker's Point container facility. Port Manatee received $19.2 million for supply chain efficiency enhancements. These parallel investments target the region's freight rail bottlenecks, which have constrained trade growth for years. The infrastructure funding package includes realignment of the rail spur at Hooker's Point. It also features upgrades to the CSX/Seminole Gulf Railway freight corridor under long-range development plans. Rail ...