Currently under construction, the plant is due for completion in the next few months.

When the finishing touches are complete, it will be open for business immediately and will accumulate grain from next harvest.

The first stage of the project has cost an estimated $4 million and will see six silos constructed, with the capacity to store about 20,000 tonnes of grain.

Plans are also in place to expand that capacity four-fold, depending on how the grains industry responds to the opportunities it presents.

The site is strategically located 12 kilometres from the Albany Port and 300m from the Chester Pass Road on the main route into Albany.

It will serve a number of valuable purposes, including seed cleaning and storage that will potentially stimulate the export of grain from outside the traditional CBH network.

The modern storage facility is the brainchild of Tim Sampson, a local farmer and businessman with a wealth of grains industry knowledge and experience.

Mr Sampson has an existing grain cleaning and drying facility adjacent to the site which he has operated since 1999.

He said construction on the self-funded project started in July 2009 and was due for completion on November 24.

Mr Sampson said the facility could be used for a range of grain related activities, once complete.