The proposed SMART (San Marcos Air, Rail and Truck) Terminal development east of town will include measures to improve water quality and abate flooding, the project developer and engineer said Thursday.
Developer Michael Schroeder, engineer Jim Welch and Greater San Marcos Partnership Marketing and Communications Director John Ellis led media representatives on a brief tour of the development site — specifically, the portion of the 934-acre parcel where Katerra will build a manufacturing facility. Katerra, a construction firm based in California, has an economic development agreement with the city of San Marcos and will be the first SMART Terminal customer if the development is approved. Welch is the engineer working on the Katerra project.
“I really admire the confluence of all the logistics here,” Schroeder said. The site, which currently consists of windswept farmland, lies along State Highway 80 and Farm to Market Road 1984. The location is bordered by a rail line, adjacent to Gary Job Corps and the San Marcos Regional Airport, and right along where Farm to Market Road 110 is slated to go.
