The City of Wilmington is working toward defining a new rail route. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands) WILMINGTON – The City of Wilmington is making headway to sort out the engineering, environmental and economic logistics for its extensive and potentially billion-dollar rail realignment project. Design work is nearing the 15% mark; federally-required environmental studies are almost halfway through; and the roles of stakeholders are being clarified through an economic feasibility study to be released this June, according to Aubrey Parsley, director of the project. All this work should ultimately narrow down options and lead to a final decision on the new freight route.