Seven years ago was the first time Cody Smith heard about his company's plans for a new Gavilon grain elevator and barge-loading terminal along the Mississippi River in deep southern Illinois. Since then, the staff with the Omaha, Neb.-based grain giant quietly studied maps, conferred with government officials and probed the soils before deciding to site the $25 million elevator on Little Levee Road in southwest Jackson County.
To date, Smith said on Sept. 16 that the project parameters continue to follow details shared in 2015 with government officials, including the $25 million construction estimate. "Right now, it's a push to ready by late November or early December," the elevator's area manager said.
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