As plans progress to bring the “Carolina Connector” to Rocky Mount, officials say the state is close to realizing on some of its economic benefits.
That’s as shovels have yet to hit the ground on CSX’s $272 million intermodal transportation hub.
When announcing the project for Rocky Mount – after moving it from Selma – officials said it would create 1,500 jobs in eastern North Carolina. Then-Gov. Pat McCrory called it “a logistics facility that will connect us with the rest of the United…