Sitework is underway next to the Washington County Railroad tracks

ST. JOHNSBURY — Sitework is underway next to the Washington County Railroad tracks along Bay Street in preparation for a 24,600 sq. ft. road salt storage facility. The project is being advanced by the Vermont Rail System. The .82-acre parcel of land on which the facility is set to be built is owned by the state of Vermont. Vermont Rail President Selden Houghton said the new structure will serve as a transload facility along the rail line in St. Johnsbury. He said it will replace one that has been in use in Ely, a town in which the rail line passes south of Fairlee. The St. Johnsbury project involves the construction of a salt storage shed, truck scale, salt unloading pit, and two new railroad sidings.