Coaldale granted $3.475 million for Industrial Rail Extension

The town of Coaldale is getting a near $3.5 million boost. Alberta Minister Devin Dreeshen and MLA Grant Hunter visited Coaldale Friday to make the announcement.

The funding comes from the Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program for the town’s Industrial Rail Extension Project. A new rail spur will be constructed to link Coaldale’s industrial park and the recently established NewCold food storage facility to the CPKC rail line to make Coaldale a leading hub in Alberta’s distribution supply chain.

The project, worth eight million dollars, is jointly funded by the town of Coaldale, NewCold and the province through the STIP grant.

Coaldale’s Mayor, Jack Van Rijn says this project represents one of the most significant and unique industrial infrastructure investments in the town’s history.

Landon Hickok

Landon is a recent graduate of the Radio and Television program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton. He previously obtained a diploma for Christian Ministries at Home Church Bible College in Red Deer, Alberta. For years since, he worked on church media with Home Church and later with City Life church in Leduc, Alberta, working on event live-streams and video productions. At NAIT, he was part of the student-run NAIT NewsWatch news program. He led topics ranging from school athletics to local news and international headlines such as the October 7 attack in Israel in 2023. Outside of news, he spent internships in Edmonton sports with the Oilers of the NHL and the Stingers of the CEBL. Now in Lethbridge, he’s here to produce stories to help inform all and to honour Jesus Christ with his work.

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