The public is invited by the League of Women Voters of Coos County to attend an informational presentation titled the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port Project – A Deeper Understanding: Part 2. This educational event, which is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19th, at the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay, is the second presentation by the League regarding this project.

The first presentation, provided in April this year, included a discussion of the publicly available information which outlined the project’s components. The video recordings of this event can be viewed on the League’s website: https://my.lwv.org/oregon/coos-county/event/deeper-understanding-pcip-projectrecording-available-now

The scheduled program on November 19th, The PCIP, A Deeper Understanding: Part 2, will focus on the status and perspectives of the global container shipping industry and intermodal transport systems in North America. The program will include panel members with decades of experience in the container shipping industry, supply chain economics, and railroad engineering and operations.

Since 1962 the LWVCC has conducted comprehensive studies of the Port of Coos Bay, updating them on approximately 20-year intervals. The most recent study was completed in 2023 and can be found here: https://my.lwv.org/oregon/cooscounty/international-port-coos-bay-study

The event will be recorded for future viewing on the League’s website https://my.lwv.org/Oregon/Coos-County.

The League of Women voters is a nonpartisan political organization which encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government.

For more information, contact Jackie Clary, LWVCC President, at 541-441-4526.

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