Million-dollar jump in costs adds new strain to struggling Nyssa rail project

NYSSA – The money pit has deepened at the Treasure Valley Reload Center north of Nyssa.

Project managers disclosed last week that converting farmland into an industrial site will take an extra $1.2 million that was not in their budget.

They aren’t answering questions about where that money will come from to pay the contractor’s expected charges.

And there are other money problems.

The Malheur County Development Corp., the public company developing the project, recently…