Beckett awarded Grain Train study

Gazette intern reporter

Port of Whitman commissioners May 19 selected the Beckett Group out of Gig Harbor to study the Washington State Grain Train program. Beckett, along with Palouse Partners, Rail Associates and the Tangent Group, submitted the proposals Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6.

Submissions were reviewed by a committee consisting of representatives of the Port of Whitman, Port of Walla Walla, Port of Moses Lake, WSDOT and the Freight Rail Office. After each submission was reviewed, they were evaluated and scored independently by the members of the committee, although Port of Mose...