Inland Port project taking shape in southern Coolidge
by Aaron Dorman | Coolidge Examiner
With active solar farms and the first vertical beams up at the Nikola Motor Company site, Saint Holdings CEO Jackob Andersen said the company is “marching forward with our plans” for the Inland Port project a few miles south of downtown Coolidge. Andersen said the multiyear land development project could be fast-tracked as the company looks to find potential partners.
At the north end of Saint Holdings’ property, two 100-megawatt solar plants — East Line Solar and Saint Solar — are online. The solar plants occupy several thousand acres at the intersection of State Routes 87 and 287 and are servicing companies in the Phoenix metro area.
In addition to the completion of the Nikola plant, Andersen said he expects construction to begin on two of the port’s road expansions this year. The county received just over $15 million for a federal BUILD grant at the end of 2019, and plans to use that for improvements along Hanna and Houser roads, just east of SR 87. Saint Holdings had worked to help obtain the funds.
