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Shucet, President/Chief Executive Officer WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Mark D. Rickards, Executive Director VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Dennis W. Heuer, District Administrator – Hampton Roads District VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Amy Inman, Manager of Transit Planning VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY Jerry A. Bridges, Executive Director HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION NON-VOTING MEMBERS CHESAPEAKE JAMES CITY COUNTY PORTSMOUTH William E. Harrell Robert C. Middaugh Kenneth L. Chandler GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEWPORT NEWS SUFFOLK Brenda G. Garton Neil A. Morgan Selena Cuffee-Glenn HAMPTON NORFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH Mary Bunting Marcus Jones James K. Spore ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY POQUOSON WILLIAMSBURG W. Douglas Caskey J. Randall Wheeler Jackson C. Tuttle YORK COUNTY James O. McReynolds FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Irene Rico, Division Administrator – Virginia Division FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Letitia A. Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Jeffrey W. Breeden, Airport Planner, Washington Airports District Office VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION Randall P. Burdette, Director PENINSULA AIRPORT COMMISSION Ken Spirito, Executive Director NORFOLK AIRPORT AUTHORITY Wayne E. Shank, Executive Director CHAIR – CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William W. Harrison, Jr. CHAIR – FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William Bell, Co-Chair (Nonvoting Board Member) Stan D. Clark, Co-Chair (Voting Board Member) MILITARY LIAISONS Mary Jackson, Captain, U.S. Navy Mark S. Ogle, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard PROJECT STAFF Camelia Ravanbakht, Ph.D. Deputy Executive Director, HRTPO Robert B. Case, P.E. Principal Transportation Engineer Keith Nichols, P.E. Senior Transportation Engineer Stephanie L. Shealey Transportation Engineer Michael Long Assistant General Service Manager Kathlene Grauberger Administrative Assistant II Christopher Vaigneur Reprographics Coordinator TRAFFIC IMPACT OF AN INLAND PORT IN HAMPTON ROADS PREPARED BY: SEPTEMBER 2011 T11-07 Report Documentation TITLE: REPORT DATE: Traffic Impact of an Inland Port September 2011 in Hampton Roads GRANT/SPONSORING AGENCY: FHWA/VDOT/LOCAL FUNDS AUTHORS: Keith M. Nichols, PE ORGANIZATION NAME, ADDRESS, & Stephanie L. Shealey TELEPHONE Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization PROJECT MANAGER: 723 Woodlake Drive Keith M. Nichols, PE Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 757.420.8300 http://www.hrtpo.org ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Port of Virginia, which currently ranks as the This report was prepared by the Hampton Roads third largest container port on the East Coast, is one Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) in of the largest drivers of the Hampton Roads and cooperation with the U.S. Department of Virginia economies. The Port has many advantages Transportation (USDOT), the Federal Highway over other competing ports, but one disadvantage is Administration (FHWA), and the Virginia regional roadway congestion. Hampton Roads has Department of Transportation (VDOT). The some of the worst congestion in the country, and the contents of this report reflect the views of the majority of containers that pass through the Port of HRTPO. The HRTPO staff is responsible for the facts Virginia are transported by truck. These trucks are and accuracy of the data presented herein. The not only impacted by regional congestion but contents do not necessarily reflect the official views contribute to it as well. With freight volumes or policies of the FHWA or VDOT. This report does expected to grow significantly, trucks will further not constitute a standard, specification, or contribute to and be impacted by roadway regulation. FHWA or VDOT acceptance of this congestion in the future. planning study does not constitute endorsement/approval of the need for any One possible solution to decrease the amount of recommended improvements nor does is constitute truck travel in the region and help relieve congestion the approval of their location and design or a is to construct an inland port to the west of the commitment to fund any such improvements. congested areas of Hampton Roads. An inland port Additional project level environmental impact is an intermodal container transfer facility situated assessments and/or studies of alternative may be at a satellite location away from the marine necessary. terminals where containers are taken by rail or barge and are then sorted for transport inland by trucks, or vice-versa. An inland port could divert some trucks from the congested urbanized areas of Hampton Roads. This study examines the impacts that an inland port to the west of Hampton Roads would have on roadway travel and congestion, both today and in the future, throughout the region. Traffic Impact of an Inland Port in Hampton Roads Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Existing Conditions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 The Port of Virginia ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Norfolk International Terminals ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Portsmouth Marine Terminal .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Newport News Marine Terminal ............................................................................................................................................. 5 APM Terminals ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Transportation Network Serving the Port ................................................................................................................................... 7 Rail Network ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Roadway Network .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Barge Service ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Port Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Regional Truck Volumes and Characteristics ........................................................................................................................... 13 Truck Travel in Hampton Roads ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Truck Travel In and Out of Hampton Roads ........................................................................................................................ 14 Truck Volumes by Location ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Port Truck Travel ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Existing Traffic Conditions .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Future Conditions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 The Port of Virginia ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Future Traffic Conditions ...........................................................................................................................................................
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