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. It was announced that they (BNSF) will spend $247 million dollars in ND…break down below.
The railroad plans to spend:
• $162 million to double track its line from Minot, N.D., to Glasgow, Mont., to help address major congestion issues for westbound traffic to Pacific Northwest destinations;
• $26 million to add sidings to address congestion from Fargo to Grand Forks, N.D., in the Hillsboro subdivision;
• $14 million to add sidings to address congestion from Bismarck, N.D., to Glendive, Mont., in the Dickinson subdivision;
• $13 million to add sidings to address congestion from Minot to Grand Forks in the Devils Lake subdivision;
• $13 million to add sidings and an interchange track to address congestion from Canada into the United States through the Port of Pembina in the Noyes subdivision;
• $11 million to install Centralized Traffic Control to improve service from Bismarck to Fargo in the Jamestown subdivision; and
• $8 million to add sidings and conduct signal work along track from Fargo to Minot in the KO subdivision.
The $247 million is part of BNSF's record-setting $5 billion capital spending budget for 2014.
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BN's North Dakota spending plans...
