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Little Rock Port Authority
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- Type
- Development authority — City-owned port authority that runs the Port of Little Rock Railroad, a Surface Transportation Board certified switching railroad, and a 500-acre industrial park
- Market · Region
- United States · Arkansas
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
City-owned port with its own switching railroad linking Union Pacific, BNSF and the Arkansas River dock.
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Owns and operates about 20 miles of port railroad that switches between the Union Pacific and BNSF and the river terminal. Its FY2021 CRISI project, track at the Slackwater Harbor siding and North Marshaling Yard plus an engine facility, opened on 3 June 2026.
- Type
- Development authority — City-owned port authority that runs the Port of Little Rock Railroad, a Surface Transportation Board certified switching railroad, and a 500-acre industrial park
- Where
- Arkansas · Little Rock
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- funded by FRA — FRA FY2021 CRISI selection for port track and an engine facility (active)
- Contract detail and values (1)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (1)
- ● FRA CRISI FY2021 selections (Wayback Machine copy of railroads.dot.gov file) · Lists Arkansas - Freight Rail Capacity Improvement Project, Little Rock Port Authority, up to $5,569,373, 11,215 feet of track and an engine maintenance facility, 25 percent applicant match. railroads.dot.gov returns 403 to curl, so the Wayback copy of the FRA file was read (published 2022-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock port track and engine facility | In execution | $5–25m | Completion 2025 |
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- Award history (4)
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- Portals (3)
- Published contacts (1)
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8 sources · 5 primary
- ● Port of Little Rock: rail · Port authority page: the Port of Little Rock Railroad, a Surface Transportation Board certified switching railroad on about 20 miles of track, reciprocal switching with Union Pacific and BNSF, trackage and haulage rights to BNSF (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Port of Little Rock: news · Port authority news page and RSS feed; the Watchtower press index for the port (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Port of Little Rock: dock revitalization project public meeting · Port page: the 1967 main dock repair, a 200-foot dock and rail extension and a crane, total project cost expected around $25 million, funding being sought; undated (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● FRA CRISI FY2021 selections (Wayback Machine copy of railroads.dot.gov file) · Lists Arkansas - Freight Rail Capacity Improvement Project, Little Rock Port Authority, up to $5,569,373, 11,215 feet of track and an engine maintenance facility, 25 percent applicant match. railroads.dot.gov returns 403 to curl, so the Wayback copy of the FRA file was read (published 2022-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Little Rock port awarded federal grant to add railroad tracks · Trade-press report of 3 June 2022 citing a Thursday news release (2 June 2022) that the Little Rock Port Authority would receive about $5.6 million for track and an engine maintenance facility. Secondary; the article is behind a paywall and only the lead was read (published 2022-06-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Progressive Railroading: CRISI grant helps Little Rock Port Authority kickstart rail-capacity project · Trade-press report of 1 August 2022 on the FY2021 CRISI award for 11,215 feet of track and an engine maintenance facility. Secondary (published 2022-08-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Progressive Railroading: new depot reinforces Port of Little Rock Railroad's role · Trade-press report of 10 July 2026: grand opening of the rail depot on 3 June 2026, construction started 2025, FY2021 CRISI grant of up to $5.6 million, three locomotives housed, dual Union Pacific and BNSF service. Secondary (published 2026-07-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: EDA award 080105710 (Pulaski County) · Federal record: County of Pulaski, $3,000,000, extending rail service at the Port of Little Rock with the Thibault Road relocation; Economic Development Administration, below the floor (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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