Red River Valley Association RED RIVER NAVIGATION August 15, 2016 Presentation by Richard Brontoli Executive Director
Benefit Categories Realized in Louisiana • Transportation savings • Water Supply • Irrigation • Recreation • Ecosystem • Hydropower – Lock & Dam 3 Potential • Non-traditional navigation benefits
Inland Waterway
Project Features Channel Realignment Lock & Dams Bank Stabilization Dikes & Revetments
L&D Stair Step Effect Typical Lift: 25’ – 30’
Capacity
Fuel Efficiency Ton-Miles Per Gallon Trucking Inland Towing Railroads
Green House Gas Emissions Miles for 1 Ton Carbon Dioxide 60,966 47,308 5,820 Inland Towing Railroads Trucking
Economic Impact 7,000 400 350 6,000 Capital Spending: New Firms 300 5,000 Millions of 2006 Dollars Jobs Created 250 By Year Jobs Created Army Corps 4,000 Spending Boost 200 3,000 150 2,000 Average = 100 2,107 1,000 Decline in Corps State 50 Spending PCDPP 0 0 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05 Year Year Jobs Dollars
LA Infrastructure in Place • $756 million – at 5 public ports • $6 million – 3 Private terminals (S & G) • $900 million – Benteler Steel @ Shreveport- Bossier Port: 675 Direct Jobs • $168 million – Cool Planet Bio Fuel Plants @ Alexandria & Natchitoches Ports • $80 million Barge Offload & Conveyor – CLECO Power Plant – Part of a $1 Billion expansion • ASA – Aluminum Manufacturing / $2.4 B 1,500 jobs - Pineville, LA / River Terminal
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
Cargo MANUFACTURED * Longview * Minden
Operated by SEACOR AMH, the service transports empty Container-on-barge services containers by barge into the Port have returned to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge to of Greater Baton Rouge and provide the petrochemical industry with another option to loads them at the Inland Rivers move its products. Marine Terminal with products from nearby industries.
Paducah, KY To Granite City, Ill On Ohio River
West Point, MS To Mobile, AL
Container on Barge = Trucks off highways
Irrigation & Water Supply 18,000 Irrigated Acres Bossier City – 100% from Red River
Recreation 2.8 Million Visitors Bass Pro Shop FLW Bassmaster Classic Championship Feb 2009 & 2012 Aug 2013
Eco System Oxbow Dredging Red River Wildlife Refuge
Lake Texoma Texarkana DFW Shrevepor t
Arkansas Challenges Louisiana – 1 L&D Arkansas – 2 L&Ds Federal or Public/Private Funding Source
Arkansas Status • Corps feasibility study – 50% cost share – no federal funds appropriated • This year State agreed to allocate $1 m for the Corps to advance the study to determine if the project benefits justify a project OR not • AR Red River Commission also pursuing private and public-private options
DFW NAVIGATIONAL HISTORY 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 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.
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
DFW EXPORTING COMPETITORS 2011 Metropolitan Area 2010 2011 % Change 1 New York 85.1 105.1 23.5% 2 Houston 80.6 104.5 29.7% 3 Los Angeles 62.2 72.7 16.9% 4 Detroit 44 49.4 12.3% 5 Miami 35.9 43.1 20.1% 6 Seattle 35.4 41.1 16.1% 7 Chicago 33.7 39.5 17.2% 8 San Jose, Calif. 26.3 26.7 1.5% 9 Dallas-Fort Worth 22.5 26.6 18.2% 10 Minneapolis-St. Paul 23.2 26.2 12.9% Only City Without a Port!
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 – for DFW Needs & Distribution • Important to have inbound and outbound cargo! • Domestic and foreign destinations
Texas Drought Lock & Dam System would create pool/lakes.
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
OTHER BENEFIT? 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).
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
RED RIVER Navigable? Non-Navigable? Red River Valley Association Richard Brontoli, Executive Director (318) 221-5233 / rrva@rrva.org
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