Rail center covered at NNDA meeting

The Fernley area will become home to a major industrial park and rail center Northern Nevada Development Authority’s Rob Hooper described as a “game changing kind of deal.”Gateway Commerce Center will be built on 2,000 acres in Churchill and Lyon counties near Hazen and the project was covered Wednesday at the NNDA meeting at the Carson Nugget.The key to the project, he said, is the Intermodal Rail Center Watco will build at the site. Ed McKechnie, head of Watco, said the comp