I see that the county clerk has been an obstacle in Coos. I imagine that that will ultimately be surmountable—can it pass in the county? And will another kick at the can in Douglas suffice?
It would be great for Coos Bay to become Idaho’s leading port. How much would it run to provide and east-west rail connection?
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It took a lot to get our train connection to the Valley up and running. I think that any arrangements for rail would have to go through Lane County. Some years ago. we had a vote to fund a road from Coos County to Couer de’Alene. I don’t recall the numbers on that.
Although Coos Bay would be a much larger port, Idaho does have a seaport already in Lewiston, Idaho. Much of the wheat and dried peas grown on the Palouse gets trucked to the Port of Lewiston where it moves on ocean-capable ships down the Snake River to the Columbia River through Astoria to the Pacific Ocean.