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2015 Multimodal Highlights Report 2015 Multimodal Highlights June 2015 Multimodal Sample Funded Projects Transportation Fund (MTF) Grants ► Ports by the Numbers Colona Transfer, LP, Beaver County – $1.8 million for upgrades to river cells, dock, and rail turnouts and rehabilitation of track for the Colona Transfer facility originally built in the early 1930s. ► Passenger Rail • 264 applications submitted in two rounds of funding. Drexel University, Philadelphia County – $2.5 million to create a Joint Master Plan for the Philadelphia 30th Street Station precinct. • Requests totaled $358 million. • 91 projects selected for funding: ► Freight Rail - 86 projects in 35 counties SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority, Clinton County – $3 million to awarded $84 million in MTF construct a new two-way industrial access road, realign a portion funding from Act 89. of the Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad Main Line to accommodate - Five transit projects that the access road, and construct new sidings and operating tracks applied for MTF were for First Quality Tissue’s two existing facilities and a proposed awarded $7.2 million in new facility. Act 89 transit funding. ► Public Transportation • The project funding comes from three state fiscal years of Act 89 Montgomery County – $3 million for improvements to two existing investments. SEPTA stations (Noble Station and Crestmont Station) to enhance vehicular and pedestrian access to the area, which will act as • PennDOT evaluated the a catalyst for future commercial and residential redevelopment applications and made projects. selections based on criteria including safety benefits, ► Bicycle and Pedestrian regional economic conditions, Aspinwall Riverfront Park, Allegheny County – $921,453 to realign technical and financial the entrance of the park to the Brilliant Avenue intersection, feasibility, job creation, energy replace existing traffic signals, configure a four-way intersection, efficiency, and operational and construct a westbound left-turn lane and pedestrian lane. sustainability. ► Aviation Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority, Lehigh County – $1.75 million to construct an Intermodal Ground Transportation Center adjacent to the Airport Terminal for bus, taxi, shuttle, and rental cars. Construction includes improvements to the airport’s Cover photos existing roadways to accommodate the increase in vehicle • PHL aircraft ©iStock.com/mtcurado volume. • freight train, bus, pedestrians, bicyclist courtesy of Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Dear Fellow Pennsylvanians, Multimodal access supporting Pennsylvania jobs, education, and commerce is being steadily strengthened as a result of PennDOT’s productive first year under Act 89 of 2013. This report highlights initiatives supported by our Multimodal Deputate in 2014 to enhance transportation modes beyond highways—ports, freight rail, passenger rail, public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian, and aviation. Act 89 was visionary and transformational as it committed predictable funding to Pennsylvania’s multimodal transportation system. The long-awaited investment has allowed our state and local leaders to advance much-needed strategic projects that promote efficient and effective transportation. PennDOT’s responsibilities vary by mode, but for all forms of transportation we provide state-level oversight and coordination as well as financial and technical assistance to our local partners, collaboratively advancing the following goals: Contents 1. Improve freight and passenger mobility. 2. Maximize the benefits of capital investment. Ports 2 3. Promote safety. Freight Rail 4 4. Spur economic development through transportation improvements. 5. Enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the transportation network. Passenger Rail 6 We are pleased to highlight the many ways in which Pennsylvania’s people and Public goods move, and some of the projects that are making those trips safer and 8 more convenient. So often it is a multimodal transportation element—even as Transportation simple as a well-placed sidewalk—that connects and completes our journeys Bicycle & 10 for work, school, and recreation. Pedestrian We look forward to continuing the important work of building a connected and complete transportation system as the foundation of Pennsylvania’s future. Aviation 12 Sincerely, Leslie S. Richards Secretary Department of Transportation Ports Pennsylvania has: • 130 public-use airports: - 15 scheduled service airports - 103 general aviation airports - 6 public heliports 2014 Highlights - 2 ultralight facilities - 2 seaplane bases - 2 gliderports • 278 private airports ► Five-Year Planning Guides Strategic Investment • 281 private heliports • Ports have prepared five-year strategic plans identifying capital improvement, technological innovation, productivity and efficiency, and operations needs. The Port of Erie received a • The Port of Philadelphia is identifying the capital needs of its tenants in light of marketing opportunities and future growth Pacesetter Award from the potential. The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and Holt U.S. DOT’s St. Lawrence Logistics teamed to analyze the needs for the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. Seaway Development Corporation for increasing its • The Port of Erie is working with Donjon Marine to upgrade its facilities to capture additional winter work and accommodate international cargo tonnage expanded shipbuilding and repair opportunities. during the 2014 navigation • The strategic plans target ways to attract and handle more season. exports through Pennsylvania’s ports. Currently, the Port of Philadelphia handles the fourth-largest import volume of cargo among U.S. ports. Pottstown Strategic Focus Investment • Maintain port infrastructure and expand capacity to In FY 2013-14, PennPORTS administered attract additional imports and exports. $9.3 million in state funding for Pennsylvania’s ports • Modernize information technology. and waterways, which included operating support and funding for capital improvements. • Improve intermodal access to ports. 22 ► Fibria Cellulose Terminal Rail Upgrades Completed • The Port of Philadelphia has completed construction of the Tioga Terminal and the horizontal and vertical widening of the rail to the terminal, which will allow Fibria to discharge pulp ► Schuylkillfor its North County American Airport markets. New Corporate Hangar • Full build-out will result in 350,000 metric tons of pulp arriving Facility accommodates increased jet activities through Philadelphia to East Coast manufacturers. The Port of Philadelphia and demand for hangar space ($475,000 in experienced double- • stateMore funds). than 200 direct stevedoring (dock worker) and terminal jobs have been created, along with other indirect jobs. digit growth for the fifth consecutive year in 2014. Schuylkill ► JakeState ArnerFunds Memorial Seven Port Airport Projects Airspace • ObstructionThe projects Mitigation will support expansion efforts at Pennsylvania’s Projectports, isresulting improving in increased safety by cargoclearing handling capacity and vegetationemployment, that ashas well grown as improving into the airspace port productivity and neededefficiency. for take-offs Grant recipients and landings by port: ($600,000 Block- Port Grant of Erie: funding). Donjon Marine - Port of Pittsburgh: Colona Transfer, LP; Three Rivers Marine and Rail Terminals, LP; Allegheny River Development Corporation; McKees Rocks Industrial ► ArnoldEnterprises; Palmer Regionaland Georgetown Airport Sand Public & Gravel, Inc. Safety Building - Port of Philadelphia: Maritime Exchange of the Delaware DevelopmentRiver and Bayon airport property provides a regional Emergency Operations Center ($700,000 in state funds). ► PennDOT Launches Pennsylvania Intermodal Cargo Arnold Palmer Growth Incentive Program • The program will provide an incentive to ocean carriers that ► Mifflinincrease County their Airportcontainer New volume Taxiway from one six-month period to the next. Project allows aircraft to access the new • corporatePennDOT hangar estimates area theand program included may stormwater attract as many as management200,000 new infrastructure container moves to accommodate over a five-year period. future development ($546,000 in Block Grant funding). 2015 Initiatives • Upgrade existing infrastructure at several terminals in Southwest Pennsylvania to handle commodities • Advance Southport development of terminals and related to the Marcellus shale industry. other distribution infrastructure on 200 acres of riverfront at the Port of Philadelphia. • Deepen the main channel of the Delaware River to enable the Port of Philadelphia to handle • Pursue direct service from Veracruz, Mexico, to larger ships. the Port of Philadelphia to expand the volume of perishable food handled. • Conduct port economic competitiveness study. 33 Freight Rail Pennsylvania has: • 130 public-use airports: - 15 scheduled service airports - 103 general aviation airports - 6 public heliports 2014 Highlights - 2 ultralight facilities - 2 seaplane bases - 2 gliderports ► Norfolk Southern Rutherford Yard Expansion Doubles • 278 private airports Intermodal Capacity • 281 private heliports • Expansion of the 200-acre Rutherford Yard in Dauphin County is needed to support the rapid growth of regional intermodal Pennsylvania rankings* freight traffic as part of the Crescent Corridor. (national comparison) in • The expansion provides an additional four pad tracks with a total capacity of 12,000 feet, along with four storage tracks, freight by rail: concrete craneways, 400 additional trailer
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