Carinthia is investing record -breaking 72.8 million euros in logistics future!

Carinthia is investing record -breaking 72.8 million euros in logistics future!

In a crucial step to strengthen Carinthia's logistics location, the state government decided to provide additional funds for the Logistik Center Austria Süd (LCAS) at its meeting on Tuesday. Both the state of Carinthia and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) will provide 250,000 euros each year in order to market the location more professional and to promote increased settlement of companies. Economic State Councilor Sebastian Schuschnig emphasized the great importance of the logistics location for Carinthia as an export country. "We stand by the location, but we call for visible results," says Schuschnig. This commitment is supported by the existing infrastructure, such as the Koralbahn and the duty-free corridor between Villach and Trieste, that must now be used enormous opportunities that must now be used, such as Carinthia reported.

investments in the terminal expansion

In addition, ÖBB initiated the plans for a gradual expansion of the terminal to with an intended investment volume of 72.8 million euros by 2029. Shuschnig emphasized the need that the expansion course chosen did not have to be slowed down by a potential new federal government, but rather must be fully slowed down in order to fully exploit the advantages of the logistics location. These measures are part of a comprehensive strategy for further improving the economic framework in Carinthia and should help to make the location more competitive internationally, such as The Carinthian state government added.