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(erielack) Major New Customer on ex-Erie Rochester Branch

Everyone,

Good news for New York State and Avon, NY in particular!

Barilla America announced yesterday that they will be building a $96 million
dollar pasta manufacturing and warehouse facility in Avon, NY.  Construction
starts in June.  The pasta plant will be approximately 100,000 square feet
and the warehouse and distribution facility (in partnership with Jacobson
Warehouse) will be 200,000 square feet.  It is estimated that 120 jobs will
be created.  Avon was chosen over Altoona, PA.  Operations are expected to
begin in 2007 and full production will start in 2009.  Barilla is
headquartered in Italy and is the largest pasta manufacturer in the world.

The Avon facility will be located along the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville
Railroad (ex-Erie Rochester Branch) and I am told that rail service was an
important part of the deal, in addition to proximity to I-390 and the New
York State Thruway.  The site is a newly-designated Empire Zone (tax
breaks).  The facility will be located west of the LA&L mainline and north
of the abandoned Erie line that went west to Batavia (the west leg of the
old wye in Avon.  I speculate that this abandoned segment of railroad will
be reconstructed to provide sidings into the plant.

This news made the front page of today's Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

Bill Burt - I'm dying to know any details on this and how it pertains to the
LA&L.  How much business is the railroad expected to pick up?  How will LA&L
access the plant?Can you share?

David Green
Avon, NY
ELHS #1366



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