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Red River Valley Association RED RIVER NAVIGATION March 22, 2019 Presentation by Richard Brontoli Executive Director Benefit Categories Realized in Louisiana Transportation savings Water Supply Irrigation Recreation

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Red River Valley Association RED RIVER NAVIGATION March 22, 2019

Presentation by Richard Brontoli Executive Director

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Benefit Categories Realized in Louisiana

  • Transportation savings
  • Water Supply
  • Irrigation
  • Recreation
  • Ecosystem
  • Hydropower – Lock & Dam 3 Potential
  • Non-traditional navigation benefits
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Inland Waterway

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Project Features

Lock & Dams Channel Realignment Dikes & Revetments Bank Stabilization

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L&D Stair Step Effect

Typical Lift: 25’ – 30’

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Capacity

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Fuel Efficiency Ton-Miles Per Gallon

Inland Towing Railroads Trucking

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Green House Gas Emissions Miles for 1 Ton Carbon Dioxide

60,966 47,308 5,820

Inland Towing Railroads Trucking

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Economic Impact

1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05

Year Jobs Created Jobs Created By Year Average = 2,107

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05

Year Millions of 2006 Dollars

Army Corps Spending Boost Capital Spending: New Firms Decline in Corps Spending State PCDPP

Jobs Dollars

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Waterway Cargos

  • Coal, Pet-Coke & Limestone
  • Sand & Gravel – Construction/Gas Fields
  • Fertilizer
  • Steel
  • Manufactured Items
  • Timber Products
  • Petroleum Products
  • Raw Material
  • Waterborne is Only Competition for Long Haul Rail
  • Container on Barge! Distribution Centers
  • Need Truck & Rail (Intermodal) to Final Destination
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Cargo

MANUFACTURED

  • Steel Coil for

NUCOR/VULCRAFT

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Paducah, KY To Granite City, Ill On Ohio River

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Irrigation & Water Supply

Bossier City – 100% from Red River Pool 5 - Reliability

18,000 Irrigated Acres

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Recreation

2.8 Million Visitors Bass Pro Shop Bassmaster Classic Feb 2009 & 2012 FLW Championship Aug 2013

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Eco System

Red River Wildlife Refuge Oxbow Dredging

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Arkansas Challenges

 Louisiana – 1 L&D  Arkansas – 2 L&Ds  Federal or Public/Private Funding Source

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Arkansas Status

  • Corps feasibility study – 50% cost share – no federal

funds appropriated.

  • State agreed to allocate $1 m for the Corps to

advance the study to determine if the project benefits justify a project.

  • In February 2019 the Corps announced benefits

exceeded cost & will resume the feasibility study.

  • The State is considering conducting the study

through Section 203.

  • AR Red River Commission also pursuing private and

public-private options.

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Lake Texoma Texarkana DFW Shreveport

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Dallas/Ft. Worth has lusted after river navigation since the late 1890s when the last steam ship made it up the Trinity River from the Gulf of Mexico to

  • Dallas. Now, the Trinity River is dammed at Lake

Livingston, making it difficult for the possibility of making the Trinity River navigable to the DFW area. Is the Red River a possible solution?

DFW NAVIGATIONAL HISTORY

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DFW LOCATION

The DFW metroplex is located near the geographical center of the North American continent’s four major business centers: New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Mexico City.

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DFW – Distribution Center

Cargo can be loaded from any seaport in the world and transferred to barge – Not just Regional but Global power. Ideal location in mid-America

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Cargos

* Large volume of Equipment and Machinery to single destination (especially overseas). * Chemicals, petroleum products & natural gas * Timber Products * Sand & gravel and construction material * Other manufactured commodities such as steel products (raw and finished) and oversized.

  • Container on Barge: DFW needs & distribution
  • Important to have inbound and outbound cargo!
  • Domestic and foreign destinations
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Texas Drought

Lock & Dam System would create pool/lakes.

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Waterborne Benefits

  • Regional & Global Trade – Central & South

America and Europe

  • Ports & Terminals (Jobs)
  • Excellent transportation network, highways

& RR – INTERMODAL – Ports CANNOT work alone!

  • Cleaner Air Emissions per ton moved
  • Reduce truck traffic on highways – Reduce

Accidents – Reduced Highway Maintenance

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All communities along the Red River would benefit: * Recreation * Water Supply: Municipal / Agricultural / Industrial * Stabilizing River Banks * Hydropower * Some Flood Control * Extending navigation on the Red River to Lake Texoma requires a series of L&Ds creating pools (lakes).

OTHER BENEFIT?

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What’s Next?

  • Reconnaissance Study – Brief look at

Engineering

  • Federally Funded – Corps of Engineers

* Unlikely with ‘No Earmark’ policy

  • Privately Funded – Use A/E Firm
  • Do enough of a Recon/Feasible Study to

determine ‘reality’ of a project

  • Build a political coalition for support
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RED RIVER

Navigable? Non-Navigable?

Red River Valley Association Richard Brontoli, Executive Director (318) 221-5233 / rrva@rrva.org