It is not economic for the railroad, nor has it ever been. There are currently ports on the rail belt that are on year-round, ice free, deep water and they are cumulatively less than 10% utilized. In addition to the extensively reported tidal and ice issues, some years ago the tramp steamers used to move resources were questioned about Port McKenzie and no one was able to find an operator willing to commit to call on the port during the winter months. This project will add infrastructure and heavy maintenance cost due to the geology and the snowfall but there is no identified source of additional or new revenue for the railroad. Any reasonable resource project would be cheaper to ship via one of the ice-free ports. This project has been political from the beginning and there has never been a defensible economic case.