The rail project will include ballast, ties and rail turnouts along with engineering, drainage, signal work and other improvements necessary to serve the site. Once operational, US Forged Rings will use the rail line to receive and distribute at least 1,825 rail cars each year.
Through NCRR Invests, the North Carolina Railroad Company uses private revenue, not taxpayer dollars, to fund rail projects that attract new employers and expand existing industry to keep North Carolina competitive.
In addition to the Office of Governor Josh Stein, the North Carolina Railroad Company supports this project along with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Community College System, the North Carolina Departments of Transportation and Environmental Quality, CSX Transportation, Dominion Energy, Hertford County and its Board of Commissioners and the Hertford County Economic Development Department.