Why is the City of Winter Haven a good location for an intermodal and automotive terminal along with the ability to develop an Integrated Logistics Center in the future?
More than 1,000 people a day are moving to Florida, creating an enormous demand for consumer products. An intermodal and automotive terminal facility site needs to be as close to the center of the state as possible as well as offer other transportation benefits. The Winter Haven site is geographically suited to meet the needs of customers in major market areas (including Tampa and Orlando); provides the opportunity to acquire large acreage with 12,000 feet of frontage along CSX Transportation’s mainline track; and has access to SR 60, a major east/west artery, and to US Highway 27 and Interstate 4. This design allows traffic to flow without interfering with residential traffic in and around Winter Haven. Once the intermodal and automotive operations are established, distribution, warehouse/office and other development opportunities exist on the large, undeveloped tracts of land near the terminal facility.
