Harbor dredging and maintenance has become increasingly important in recent years as extended droughts have lowered River water levels and caused halts to traffic and accompanying commerce along the river.

Delta Regional Authority Investing in the Delta: Small Ports of the Mississippi River April 2014

Creating Jobs. Building Communities. Improving Lives.

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L I MOULTRIE CLINTON CHARITON EDGAR BUCHANAN CALDWELL CHRISTIAN RALLS PIKE SCOTT MONROE RANDOLPH COLES CARROLL PLATTE Investing in the Delta: CLAY RAY CALHOUN GREENE PIKE SHELBY RIV ER CUMBERLAND OURI ISS MONTGOMERY CLARK M AUDRAIN Lifeline of America, Heart of the Delta: the Mississippi River System MACOUPIN SALINE BOONE HOWARD Small Public Ports of the Mississippi River IndependenceLAFAYETTE LINCOLN EFFINGHAM JASPER MONTGOMERY Kansas City JERSEY FAYETTE KENTON JACKSON BOND CRAWFORD Columbia BOONE CAMPBELL COOPER ST. CHARLES MADISON Nearly 10 million people in the Delta region and an estimated 15 Over the past 12 years, DRA has supported the small public ports PETTIS Florissant RICHLAND RI CALLAWAY WARREN IO V OH ER NADE RIV CLAY GALLATIN PENDLETON SCO ER BRACKEN GA MARION JOHNSON LAWRENCE CARROLL GRANT TRIMBLE ST. LOUIS CLINTON 1. Shawneetown, IL million more in the Upper Mississippi region rely on the Mississippi that allow this river to succeed. With 19 small public ports directly CITYSt. Louis MASON MONITEAU CASS GASCONADE ST. LOUIS L OWEN I ER WABASH C ROBERTSON GREENUP RIV K LEWIS Jefferson City ST. CLAIR IN

HENRY HARRISONG A WAYNE KI S OLDHAM R BOYD COLE A River as a lifeline for economic development, agriculture, commerce, on the Mississippi River, five major ports in southern Louisiana, OSAGE K S IV NICHOLAS FLEMING BATES HENRY FRANKLIN A JEFFERSON 2. Metropolis, IL SCOTT ER K WASHINGTON EDWARDS BENTON MORGAN MONROE FRANKLIN CARTER JEFFERSON SHELBY MILLER MARIES Louisville Frankfort drinking water, food, and recreation. It is a major source of job and many more small ports on its tributaries, DRA’s focus on port RANDOLPH WHITE BATH JEFFERSON BOURBON ELLIOTT LAWRENCE WOODFORD ROWAN ST. CLAIR WASHINGTON 3. Cairo, IL MONTGOMERY FAYETTE CRAWFORD HAMILTON CAMDEN PERRY ANDERSON HICKORY FRANKLIN IO BULLITT SPENCER creation and support for our region’s communities and businesses. and harbor infrastructure is an important part of strengthening the H R VERNON O IV Lexington MORGAN E CLARK STE. R MEADE JESSAMINE SALINE MENIFEE GALLATIN HANCOCK PHELPS GENEVIEVE JOHNSON JACKSON MERCER 4. Perryville, MO POWELL MARTIN CEDAR WASHINGTON WOLFE ST. NELSON economy of the Delta region. POLK PULASKI Owensboro DALLAS FRANCOIS 1 HENDERSON BRECKINRIDGE HARDIN DENT 4 WILLIAMSON MADISON PERRY DAVIESS GARRARD MAGOFFIN IRON ESTILL UNION LEE RIVER BOYLE FLOYD MARION LACLEDE Of our nation’s inland and navigable waterways, an estimated BARTON HARDIN G N5.OHIO Scott City, MO REYNOLDS UNION E LARUE BREATHITT MADISON R E PIKE POPE WEBSTER DADE MCLEAN JOHNSON CASEY LINCOLN ROCKCASTLE CAPE OWSLEY JACKSON GRAYSON CRITTENDEN GREENE GIRARDEAU TEXAS PERRY 75 percent are within the Mississippi River system, making it the The DRA remains committed to protecting and supporting the WRIGHT HART TAYLOR ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON GREEN KNOTT WEBSTER R

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Springfield 2 MUHLENBERG ADAIR LYON LETCHER busiest water transportation artery in the country. This system industries, economies, and people of the Delta region for whom LESLIE WAYNE 3 U SCOTT E LAUREL 8 I R E 9 S V PULASKI A WARREN METCALFE RUSSELLAND R I LAWRENCE C RL MCCRACKEN T L 7. Caruthersville, MOE BALLARD E CHRISTIAN KNOX DOUGLAS N A B CHRISTIAN N C LOGAN M CARTER E TODD U HARLAN supports a transportation industry that operates between $50 billion the Mississippi River is our heart and soul and will continue to 10 S STONE BARREN C MISSISSIPPI S STODDARD WHITLEY CARLISLE E CUMBERLAND

NEWTON BARRY MARSHALLE MONROE R TRIGG WAYNE HOWELL IV RIPLEY HICKMAN E ALLEN BELL MCDONALD R 8. Paducah, KY OZARK SIMPSON and $60 billion of commerce each year. Additionally, more than 1 help small public ports maintain their harbors and provide modern GRAVES CLINTON MCCREARY BUTLER ROBERTSON SUMNER PICKETT OREGON 6 STEWART MACON TANEY CALLOWAY 11 FULTON Clarksville CLAY JOHNSON CLAIBORNE SULLIVAN NEW MADRID HANCOCK million jobs rely directly on the Mississippi River through ports and infrastructure and services to traffic along the Mississippi River. CAMPBELL FULTON MONTGOMERY R 9. Wickliffe,TROUSDALE KY HAWKINS HENRY E JACKSON CLAY WEAKLEY IV RANDOLPH CHEATHAM R CARROLL OVERTON SCOTT BAXTER LAKE FENTRESSLAN D GRAINGER PEMISCOT R UNION BENTON R HOUSTON E MARION E OBIONVER B BOONE RI WASHINGTON terminals, freight and shipping, and agriculture. IV SMITH M HAMBLEN CARTER R U N DAVIDSON IO C IS DUNKLIN B GREENE C O 10. Benton, KY MORGAN ANDERSON R N 7 DYER DICKSON ER IZARD SHARP WILSON PUTNAM IV E A BENTON Nashville UNICOI R GREENE V R I F Y JEFFERSON R DE KALB CUMBERLAND . R KNOX T MADISON LAWRENCE K O S WHITE C 12 MISSISSIPPI M Knoxville A GIBSON HUMPHREYS E L CARROLL HO B LS N RI NEWTON WILLIAMSON RUTHERFORD TO VER SEARCY 11. Hickman,CANNON KY COCKE WASHINGTON STONE CRAIGHEAD HICKMAN ROANE SEVIER ITE R WH IV LAUDERDALE ER CROCKETT WARREN CRAWFORD PERRY HAYWOOD MAURY VAN BLEDSOE LOUDON INDEPENDENCE 13 CLEBURNE HENDERSON BUREN DRA’s investments in small ports and harbors throughout the Delta provides FRANKLIN RHEA BLOUNT MADISON 12. Dyersburg, TN JOHNSON JACKSON VAN BUREN R POINSETT DECATUR COFFEE E TIPTON LEWIS GRUNDY IV R R E MARSHALL BEDFORD MONROE RIV CHESTER HARDEMAN MEIGS MCMINN economic development, jobs, and commerce to the Region’s communities and families. A POPE E E Fort Smith CONWAY E FAYETTE E R CRITTENDEN SEQUATCHIE S K CROSS S 13. Osceola,MOORE AR HAMILTONS S A MCNAIRY A FAULKNER E N N W LOGAN SAS R I SHELBY N

IV WHITE HARDIN H E E WAYNE LAWRENCE MARION R T SEBASTIAN POLK GILES LINCOLN WOODRUFF Memphis FRANKLIN R BRADLEY ST. FRANCIS W IVE 14. McGehee, AR OLF R Chattanooga YELL PERRY NLAUDERDALE TE NE S Delta Regional Authority PRAIRIE BENTON TENNESSEE S SCOTT LONOKE DE SOTO E JACKSON LEE TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY E LIMESTONE ALCORN R R North Little Rock TIPPAH IVE 15. Camden,MADISON AR MARSHALL TISHOMINGO Huntsville TATE Little Rock PULASKI COLBERT SALINE Small Public Port Investments 2002-2013 PRENTISS TUNICA MONROE GARLAND POLK MONTGOMERY PHILLIPS 16. Clarksdale, MS UNION LAFAYETTE FRANKLIN LAWRENCE PANOLA DE KALB MORGAN ARKANSAS 14 ITAWAMBA HOT SPRING PONTOTOC LEE MARSHALL GRANT JEFFERSON COAHOMA WINSTON 17. Helena-West Helena, AR MARION QUITMAN ETOWAH PIKE CULLMAN R YALOBUSHA E SEVIER Pine Bluff IV HOWARD R DRA Investment $ 8,259,075

DALLAS K CLARK R O CHEROKEE F T 18. S Vicksburg, MS TALLAHATCHIE U CLEVELAND CALHOUN C LINCOLN O CHICKASAW L BLOUNT DESHA MONROE Leveraged Amount $ 60,686,280 FAYETTE WALKER CALHOUN LITTLE RIVER OUACHITA NEVADA 15 GRENADA ST. CLAIR HEMPSTEAD WEBSTER 19. Port Gibson, MS BOLIVAR CLAY LAMAR CALHOUN 16 CLEBURNE LEFLORE 17 O Birmingham Total Project Cost $ 69,389,008 U DREW A SUNFLOWER R C E R V H I JEFFERSON E MONTGOMERY IT R A V I CHOCTAW LOWNDES R R I R 20. Lake Providence, LA V

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A KEMPER BOSSIER CARROLL Y CARROLL PERRY ELMORE LINCOLN NESHOBA ISSAQUENA MADISON 23. Columbia, LA LEE CADDO RICHLAND AUTAUGA NEWTON SUMTER Bossier City WEBSTER 21 Monroe SCOTT WARREN A RIV BAM ER ALA 22 HINDS OUACHITA ShreveportBIENVILLE DALLAS MACON MADISON 18 JACKSON LAUDERDALE 24. St. Joseph, LA Under Construction L Jackson I T RANKIN RUSSELL DRA Investments in Small Public Ports T Montgomery MARENGO L MONTGOMERY RED E CALDWELL RIVER LOWNDES R TENSAS R IV E E SMITH IV BULLOCK R R

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EAST HELENA Total Project Cost $ 150,000 U WEST E FELICIANA I FELICIANA GEORGE S ST. LANDRY STONE A ALLENC PEARL RIVER L A POINTE EAST Study for small rivers navigation project. BEAUREGARD C Mobile BALDWIN Cairo, IL (3) EVANGELINE COUPEE BATON 30. Franklin, LA ROUGE JACKSON HARRISON LIVINGSTON TANGIPAHOA

WEST BATON ST. TAMMANY Alexander-Cairo Port District** DRA Investment $ 105,000 ROUGE HANCOCK JEFFERSON 27 Metropolis, IL (2) DAVIS ST. MARTIN Baton Rouge CALCASIEU

ACADIA Lafayette Massac County Port District Development of a public port facility on the Ohio Leveraged Public Investment $ 200,000 Lake Charles LAFAYETTE IBERVILLE Color indicates DRA Service Area ASCENSION ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ORLEANS IBERIA ST. JAMES VERMILION Kenner Metairie Construction and operation of an intermodal, River in Cairo. Total Project Cost $ 305,000 28 ASSUMPTION CAMERON 1 Color indicates 2013 SEDAP Projects ST. CHARLES29 NewST. OrleansBERNARD ST. MARY ST. MARTIN container freight terminal on the Ohio River DRA Investment $ 66,347 30 JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE 1 Investments in the Delta

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1 Delta Regional Authority – Small Public Port Investments 2 Perry County Road 238 Paving Caruthersville, MO (7) Hickman, KY (11) DRA Investment $ 325,000 Total Project Cost $ 4,767,200 Leveraged Public Investment $ 4,120,000 Paving County Road 238 will allow Beelman Pemiscot County Port Authority Conveyor Outload Upgrade Leveraged Public Investment $ 27,000 Leveraged Private Investment $ 125,000,000 Total Project Cost $ 4,820,000 River Terminals to access their barge terminal. Assist in performing a Market Feasibility Study. and Riverport Road Upgrade Total Project Cost $ 352,000 DRA Investment $ 43,400 *DRA Investment $ 50,000 Upgrade conveyor system to allow loading of Clarksdale, MS (16) West Monroe, LA (21) Leveraged Public Investment $ 88,606 barges and to connect Riverport Road to Walnut Northwest Tennessee Regional Multi-Modal Transportation Preliminary Greater Ouachita Port Commission Total Project Cost $ 132,006 Port Authority Railroad Crossing Street by an access loop. Port Master Plan & Port Design Engineering Cost Analysis Construction of an intermodal facility at the Leveraged Private Investment $ 315,030 Safety devices at 10 crossings . *DRA Investment $ 125,479 The Corp of Engineers will dredge the port after Evaluation and development of a cost analysis Greater Ouachita Port along the Ouachita River. *DRA Investment $ 4,258 a land purchase. of the county transportation system to include DRA Investment $ 150,000 Port of New Bourbon Construction Emergency Dredging DRA Investment $ 20,046 rail, river port, interstate, and highways to as- Leveraged Public Investment $ 60,000 Construction of a public multimodal port to Paducah, KY (8) Emergency dredging at the riverport dock to Leveraged Public Investment $ 410,000 sist in the recruitment of business location in Total Project Cost $ 210,000 serve businesses in Ste. Genevieve, Perry, and Paducah-McCracken County Riverport return to operational status. Total Project Cost $ 430,046 the county. surrounding counties. Crane Project *DRA Investment $ 41,099 *DRA Investment $ 300,000 Ouachita Terminals DRA Investment $ 85,280 Replacement of a bridge crane to allow the Osceola, AR (13) Building a new loading facility for a river port Leveraged Public Investment $ 255,840 port to handle larger loads and loading and off- Emergency Dredging Riverport Channel Osceola Riverport Rosedale, MS (17) and park along the Ouachita River. Total Project Cost $ 341,120 loading of containers. Remove sediment from the harbor entrance, Site work and construction of a flotation barge Relocation of Rosedale Grain Dock DRA Investment $ 250,000 DRA Investment $ 200,000 allowing the harbor to open long enough to gain located at the Osceola Riverport. Relocating a loading/unloading dock so that it Leveraged Public Investment $ 1,000,000 Scott City, MO (5) Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,800,000 funding to complete a full dredging. DRA Investment $ 399,999 extends further into the water which will allow it Total Project Cost $ 1,250,000 Construct Rail to Port for New Business Total Project Cost $ 3,000,000 *DRA Investment $ 100,000 Leveraged Public Investment $ 1,995,500 to operate in low water level conditions. Construction of 10,700 feet of rail line across Total Project Cost $ 2,395,499 DRA Investment $ 100,000 Tallulah, LA (22) Highway 84 will connect with a spur planned Wickliffe, KY (9) Hickman-Fulton County Leveraged Public Investment $ 450,822 Madison Parish Port Commission for the bio-fuels plant. Conveyor Expansion Project Riverport Authority Resurfacing Access Road Total Project Cost $ 550,822 Infrastructure Improvements DRA Investment $ 205,701 Construction and installation of a conveyor Repair/upgrade of the port’s crane and barge to Osceola River Port Leveraged Private Investment $ 200,822 Replacing rails, roads, and utilities to raise Leveraged Public Investment $ 998,520 that will allow the riverport to handle additional winches to increase production and repair/ Resurface and widen the Osceola Port access. the levee. Total Project Cost $ 1,204,221 products. replacement of the roof to the port office and DRA Investment $ 135,500 Vicksburg, MS (18) DRA Investment $ 221,000 Leveraged Private Investment $ 10,700,000 *DRA Investment $ 153,720 shop building, which houses equipment and Leveraged Public Investment $ 27,100 Warren County Port Commission Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,010,000 records, directly saving 11-14 jobs. Total Project Cost $ 162,600 Transportation Enhancement Total Project Cost $ 2,231,000 Port Access Road Benton, KY (10) DRA Investment $ 100,000 Purchase and installation of a new, modern Paving of approximately 1,000-foot gap in Marshall County Riverport Leveraged Public Investment $ 50,000 McGehee, AR (14) 15-ton crane to replace the obsolete crane. Madison Parish Port Rail Project** Harbor Road, which leads to a new corn A comprehensive strategic master plan for the Total Project Cost $ 150,000 Infrastructure Improvements DRA Investment $ 206,000 Restoration and enhancement of a railway milling facility. development and construction of the Marshall for the Port of Yellow Bend Leveraged Public Investment $ 1,717,582 serving facilities that utilize the Madison Parish DRA Investment $ 130,000 County Riverport. Highway 1354 Improvement Installation of four port dolphins and the repair Total Project Cost $ 1,923,582 Port, including the Complex Chemical Plant. Leveraged Public Investment $ 30,635 DRA Investment $ 75,000 Raising a short section of KY1354 beginning at of an existing dolphin. DRA Investment $ 100,000 Total Project Cost $ 160,635 Leveraged Public Investment $ 25,000 KY94 so Hickman Port and adjoining business- DRA Investment $ 66,052 Port Gibson, MS (19) Leveraged Public Investment $ 15,000 Total Project Cost $ 100,000 es can operate during river flood stages. Leveraged Public Investment $ 296,800 Claiborne County Port Access Road Total Project Cost $ 115,000 New Madrid, MO (6) DRA Investment $ 300,000 Total Project Cost $ 362,852 Repair a Frank Headley Road embankment. Concrete Levee Access Road to Port McFarlan Road Improvement Project Leveraged Public Investment $ 45,000 DRA Investment $ 99,232 Columbia, LA (23) Construction of a concrete roadway along the Widening of McFarlan Road as part of the de- Total Project Cost $ 345,000 Camden, AR (15) Leveraged Public Investment $ 90,000 Infrastructure Development levee road and Missouri Route EE. velopment of Marshall County Riverport. Port Dumping and Conveyor System Total Project Cost $ 189,232 for the Port of Columbia DRA Investment $ 184,034 *DRA Investment $ 157,353 Dyersburg, TN (12) Construction of a truck dumping system and Rail spur for loading and unloading at port. Leveraged Public Investment $ 735,000 Northwest Tennessee Regional conveyor system to facilitate barge loading and Lake Providence, LA (20) DRA Investment $ 75,000 Total Project Cost $ 919,034 Port Authority Master Plan & Design unloading. Lake Providence Port Improvements Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,050,000 Leveraged Private Investment $ 12,000,000 Planning for public port & adjacent industrial DRA Investment $ 400,000 Building a containment levee and access road. Total Project Cost $ 2,125,000 park with access roads, rail spur, and utilities. Leveraged Public Investment $ 4,367,200 DRA Investment $ 700,000

*DRA Investment = Total Project Cost *DRA Investment = Total Project Cost **FY 2013 SEDAP/RCAP Project **FY 2013 SEDAP/RCAP Project

3 Delta Regional Authority – Small Public Port Investments 4 St. Joseph, LA (24) Avoyelles Parish Port-Site Development Port of New Orleans, Nashville Tensas Parish Police Jury Extension of access ramp and access road to Marshalling Yard Project Assist in construction of Phase 1 port the port site. Improvements to the Nashville Marshalling development for land acquisition, access road, DRA Investment $ 50,000 Yard including sub-grade preparation/grading, dolphins, and building renovations. Leveraged Public Investment $ 780,000 pavement marking, engineering, inspection, DRA Investment $ 150,000 Total Project Cost $ 830,000 administrative and legal expenses. Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,133,500 DRA Investment $ 173,363 Total Project Cost $ 2,283,500 Baton Rouge, LA (27) Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,250,000 Leveraged Private Investment $ 150,000 Millennium Port Total Project Cost $ 2,423,363 Feasibility study for Millenium Port, a planned Tensas Parish Police Jury super-container port between New Orleans and Franklin, LA (30) Renovate 40,000 SF building for Tensas Parish Baton Rouge. Port of West St. Mary Port Commission operations. DRA Investment $ 293,000 Industrial Park Development DRA Investment $ 75,000 Leveraged Public Investment $ 800,000 Installation of water, sewer, gas tap and main Leveraged Public Investment $ 924,000 Total Project Cost $ 1,093,000 lines, roadway construction, sheet piles, and Total Project Cost $ 999,000 new slip dredging for an industrial park to ac- New Iberia, LA (28) commodate the interests of a new business. Vidalia, LA (25) Millenium Port Expansion DRA Investment $ 150,000 City of Vidalia Loading/Unloading Facility Construction of an additional slip at the Mille- Leveraged Public Investment $ 7,585,235 The project consists of building a loading/ nium Port. Total Project Cost $ 7,735,236 unloading facility in New Vidalia Industrial Park. DRA Investment $ 114,648 Leveraged Private Investment $ 7,000,000 DRA Investment $ 65,000 Leveraged Public Investment $ 8,067,706 Leveraged Public Investment $ 96,550 Total Project Cost $ 8,182,354 Total Project Cost $ 161,550 New Iberia Shrimp Boat Ramp Vidalia Port Working Pad Improvements to a shrimp boat ramp to and Riveride Access Road include repairing two piers, dredging the port, Construction of a working pad and riverside and making road improvements. access road, enhancing Vidalia Industrial Park. *DRA Investment $ 437,098 Grant Amount $ 150,000 Leveraged Public Investment $ 2,297,264 Port of Iberia Deep Water Channel Total Project Cost $ 2,447,264 Feasibility study for a deep water channel Leveraged Private Investment $ 3,500,000 connecting the Port of Iberia to the Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway and Gulf of Mexico. Simmesport, LA (26) DRA Investment $ 350,000 Avoyelles Parish Port** Leveraged Public Investment $ 1,351,420 Infrastructure improvements and construction Total Project Cost $ 1,701,420 for Avoyelles Parish Port and Industrial Park. The Delta Regional Authority compiled the above investment figures and project descriptions from its DRA Investment $ 150,000 New Orleans, LA (29) database of past and present projects funded through the Leveraged Public Investment $ 420,000 Port Authority Road Paving Federal Grant Program (2002-2010), States’ Economic Development Assistance Program (2011-2013), and Rural Total Project Cost $ 620,000 Road paving to accommodate truck traffic in Communities Advancement Program. For those projects support of Crescent Crown’s distribution business. that are active, investment and outcome totals represent Leveraged Private Investment $ 3,000,000 the funding levels and expected outcomes agreed to *DRA Investment $ 299,490 between Delta Regional Authority and funding recipients.

*DRA Investment = Total Project Cost **FY 2013 SEDAP/RCAP Project

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