Officials break ground on Portsmouth Agricultural Intermodal Export Facility
Officials participating in the Portsmouth Agricultural Intermodal Export Facility groundbreaking were, from right to left, Stephen Edwards, chief executive officer of The Port of Virginia; Linda Balderson, Manager of Rail Industrial Access Programs at the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Dist. 3, Matthew Lohr, Virginia secretary of agriculture and forestry; Shannon Glover, mayor of the City of Portsmouth; Chris DeLong, president of The DeLong Co.; Pat DeLong, vice president of operations at The DeLong Co.; Brandon Bickham, vice president of exports at The DeLong Co.; Shep Miller, Virginia secretary of transportation; Brian Donahue, director of economic development of the City of Portsmouth; and Jody Lassiter, business development manager at CSX Transportation. (Photo courtesy Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The potential for increased exports of grains from Virginia took a step forward with a groundbr…