Expansion plans for CSX Intermodal got the go ahead June 11 when Fairburn City council approved the conceptual site plan that will add another 700 parking spaces for trucks, add two sets of railroad tracks and double the amount of truck traffic into the facility on McLarin Road.

Council members approved the plan with 12 conditions. The most significant of those included the requirement that CSX structurally repair and cosmetically improve the three circa 1917 overpasses and address what council members called the excessive noise during the late nights hours when train whistles are blown throughout most of the city.

CSX also agreed to help address the need for establishing a new I-85 interchange at Gullat Road.

The facility currently has parking accommodations for 400 trucks.

Daily truck traffic at the facility on the Fairburn’s west side totals an average of 107 tractor-trailers into and out of the intermodal. That number is expected to double once the expansion is complete, said CSX Director of Terminal Support Samuel Randolph.

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