LONGVIEW — The Port of Longview secured a low-interest government loan through the Trump administration that allows it to finance nearly $36 million of its Industrial Rail Corridor Expansion project.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the $35.9 million loan through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau.

The low-interest loan finances up to 49% of the first phase of the Port of Longview’s $73.3 million construction project, according to the Department of Transportation, through “low-interest, flexible and long-term loans” that “help accelerate project delivery, save taxpayer dollars and facilitate private investment.”

“This expansion of the Port of Longview will strengthen our export capacity, improve safety and unleash the regions rural economy,” Duffy

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