September 5, 2025
The newsletter spotlights the economic impact of Logistics Park Phoenix, showing how the project will generate about 76,000 jobs from construction through long-term operations. That includes 26,400 construction jobs, thousands of full-time careers in logistics, warehousing, transportation, and manufacturing, plus 22,730 indirect and induced positions created through supplier growth and local spending. Together, these opportunities represent a major boost for Northwest Maricopa County and Arizona’s broader economy.
August 19, 2025
This edition emphasizes community benefits, highlighting how Logistics Park Phoenix will reduce train traffic through Northwest Maricopa communities by 2028—cutting waits at crossings, improving hospital access, and lowering emissions. It also notes that BNSF has requested to move the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ vote on the project’s comprehensive plan amendment from August 20 to November 5, ensuring more time for coordination with state and local partners and fuller public discussion later in the fall.
July 23, 2025
The newsletter reports that BNSF, in coordination with Supervisor Debbie Lesko and District 4, has requested moving the Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment vote for Logistics Park Phoenix from August 20, 2025 to November 5, 2025 so rezoning and the amendment can be heard together (with the continuance itself considered on August 20). In parallel, BNSF is finalizing the traffic impact analysis with state, county, and local transportation agencies and preparing related local and regional road commitments. Project refinements include fewer access points, expanded setbacks and natural open-space buffers, Dark Sky lighting, lower warehouse building heights, and core operations located more than a half-mile from the nearest homes—underscoring a focus on thoughtful planning, clear communication, and a stronger, more resilient supply chain for Arizona.
June 6, 2025
This issue recaps the May 6 community meeting for BNSF’s Logistics Park Phoenix, acknowledges remaining questions, and directs readers to newly expanded FAQs—covering traffic, buffering, and utilities—plus links to the presentation materials. It also spotlights Logistics Park Kansas City as a model of community partnership and long-term benefits (with a video message from Mayor Donald Roberts), and invites ongoing engagement as the project advances.
April 16, 2025
This issue provides a project update on BNSF Railway’s Logistics Park Phoenix (LPP), highlights the May 6, 2025 neighborhood meeting at Nadaburg Elementary to brief residents and answer questions, and explains how LPP’s intermodal facility will shift containers seamlessly between rail and trucks to improve efficiency and reduce highway traffic—building on BNSF’s decades of leadership in intermodal freight. It also notes BNSF’s current scale (millions of intermodal units moved annually) and invites readers to stay engaged as Arizona’s supply chain capacity grows.
April 4, 2025
The Logistics Park Phoenix project by BNSF is set to deliver major economic benefits to Arizona, including over 50,000 jobs annually, $2.5 billion in yearly labor income, and significant tax revenue for local communities. In addition to boosting the state’s economy, the project enhances freight rail infrastructure, which helps reduce truck traffic, lower fuel consumption, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%. BNSF frames the initiative as both a business investment and a sustainability effort that supports Arizona’s long-term growth.
March 19, 2025
BNSF has been a key part of Arizona’s transportation network for over a century and is advancing its long-term investment in the state through Logistics Park Phoenix, a multi-billion-dollar rail and logistics hub designed to support economic growth, strengthen supply chains, and generate revenue for education. As part of its commitment to community engagement, BNSF has requested a delay in the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ vote on its Comprehensive Plan Amendment until August 2025 to align with its rezoning application and allow for further collaboration with stakeholders.
February 27, 2025
BNSF is developing Logistics Park Phoenix, a 4,320-acre freight rail facility set to enhance Arizona’s rail capacity, streamline goods transportation across the Southwest, and strengthen global supply chain connections, with operations expected to begin in 2028. The project includes an intermodal terminal, a logistics park with 18 million square feet of warehouse space to reduce traffic and emissions, and a logistics center offering direct rail access, all designed to improve efficiency while ensuring safety and environmental compliance.
