Chamber surveys members about moving barge landing to 6-Mile

The chamber of commerce is surveying its more than 100 members to ask where they think the town’s barge ramp and freight yard should be located.

The borough earlier this month closed down the facility on the downtown waterfront after an engineering report cited structural issues with the 47-year-old, 140-foot-long steel ramp.

Even before the shutdown decision, the borough has been looking at moving the freight loading and unloading facility and staging area to the former 6-Mile mill property, which the borough purchased for $2.5 million in 2022 for its economic development potential.

“We want...