About the Pemiscot County Port Authority
- The Pemiscot County Port Authority was formed in 1975 as a political subdivision of the State of Missouri to foster the growth of industry along the river.
- In 1978, a feasibility study was done by Ozark Regional Commission.
- In April 1979, the first director, Col. T. J. Stevens, was hired.
- In 1980, the U.S. Army Corps approved the initial dredging and maintenance of the Pemiscot County Port Authority slack water harbor.
- In September 1981, Hutson was the first tenant to build.
- In October 1982, the first inbound fertilizer barge came.
- In January 1983, the first inbound grain barge came.
- In 1983, a service road to the Port was paved and sites were created with dredged filled material.
- In 1987, a water tower purchased with grant funds was erected at the Port.
- A general cargo dock was built with Third State Bldg grant in December 1989.
- In November 1990, a speculative warehouse was built with grant funds.
- In February 1991, Xenium, was the third tenant and leased the warehouse.
- In August 1991, Unifert, the fourth tenant lease acreage to build warehouse.
- In December 1995, Highway D was constructed to provide better access to Port.
- In February 1997, contracted with an engineering firm to design rail rehabilitation and construction.
- In 1997, the Port received Community Development Block Grant for Trinity Expansion: roads were paved and natural gas to Port.
- Completed Rehabilitation of 11,900 feet of rail in August 1998.
- In August 2000, the Port acquired additional ROW for rail spur.
- From 1996 to 2001, the Port acquired rail right-of-way in phases.
- In September 2001, harbor improvement project by USACE for safety and new sites was completed.
- In 2002, the Port received grant for rail signals from the Delta Regional Authority.
- In 2004, the Port received grant for sewers from the Delta Regional Authority.
- In 2005, $203,200 in MoDOT Capital Improvement funds was used to buy extra dredging.
- In 2005, the Port installed a safety ladder on its public dock with $48,000 in grant funds from USDA Rural Development.
- In 2006, the Port received a $50,000 grant from DRA & USDA-RD for a marketing study.
- In 2006, the Port used $60,000 in Homeland Security grant funds to erect fencing and lighting at the Port.
- In 2007, the Port used $43,500 in USDA-RD funds to install a rail turnout in our spur to access private spur.
- In 2007 – 2011, the Port used $4,224,520 in MoDOT CIP funds and $205,701 in DRA funds and $50,000 from Ameren to extend rail spur and to add crossings and signals.
- In 2010, the Port facilitated the paving of County Road 337 to become part of Highway D using $1,873,000 in FHWA funding.
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