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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

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Red River Valley Association RED RIVER NAVIGATION August 15, 2016

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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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

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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 * Longview * Minden

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Container-on-barge services have returned to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge to provide the petrochemical industry with another option to move its products. Operated by SEACOR AMH, the service transports empty containers by barge into the Port

f Greater Baton Rouge and

loads them at the Inland Rivers Marine Terminal with products from nearby industries.

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Paducah, KY To Granite City, Ill On Ohio River

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West Point, MS To Mobile, AL

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Container on Barge = Trucks off highways

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Irrigation & Water Supply

Bossier City – 100% from Red River

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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Lake Texoma Texarkana DFW Shreveport

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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

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

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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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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!

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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 – for 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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