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District Four 136 S DISTRICT FOUR 136 S. Bronough Street 800 N. Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1100 1580 Waldo Palmer Lane, Suite 1 A message from Governor Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Orlando, Florida 32803 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Scott on the future of (407) 956-5600 (850) 921-1119 Florida’s Freight and Trade FREIGHT & LOGISTICS OVERVIEW FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FDOT CONTACTS Ananth Prasad, P.E. Richard Biter Secretary of Transportation Assistant Secretary for Intermodal Phone (850) 414-5205 Systems Development [email protected].fl .us Phone (850) 414-5235 [email protected].fl .us Juan Flores James Wolfe, P.E. Administrator, Freight Logistics & District 4, Secretary Passenger Operations Phone (954) 777-4110 Phone (850) 414-5245 [email protected].fl .us [email protected].fl .us Federal Legislative Contacts Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives District 16, Thad Altman District 82, MaryLynn Magar District 94, Perry Thurston, Jr. United States Senate Bill Nelson Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives District 21, Denise Grimsley District 83, Gayle Harrell District 95, Hazelle Rogers United States Senate Marco Rubio Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives US House of Representatives District 25, Joseph Abruzzo District 84, Larry Lee, Jr. District 96, James Waldman Congressional District 18, Patrick Murphy Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives District 27, Jeff Clemens District 85, Patrick Rooney, Jr. District 97, Jared Evan Moskowitz US House of Representatives Congressional District 20, Alcee L. Hastings Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives District 29, Jeremy Ring District 86, Mark Pafford District 98, Katie Edwards US House of Representatives Congressional District 21, Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives Ted Deutch District 31, Christopher Smith District 87, Dave Kerner District 99, Elaine Schwartz US House of Representatives Congressional District 22, Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives Lois Frankel District 32, Joe Negron District 88, Bobby Powell District 100, Joseph Gibbons US House of Representatives Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives Congressional District 23, District 33, Eleanor Sobel District 89, Bill Hager District 101, Shevrin Jones Debbie Wasserman Schultz US House of Representatives Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives Congressional District 24, District 34, Maria Lorts Sachs District 90, Lori Berman District 102, Sharon Pritchett Sandy Adams Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives US House of Representatives District 36, Oscar Braynon, II District 91, Irving Slosberg District 103, Manny Diaz, Jr. FDOT MISSION: Congressional District 25, THE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE A SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT ENSURES Mario Diaz-Balart Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives District 54, Debbie Mayfi eld District 92, Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed District 104, Richard Stark THE MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS, ENHANCES ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND State Legislative Contacts: Florida House of Representatives Florida House of Representatives PRESERVES THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES. District 81, Kevin Rader District 93, George Moraitis, Jr. In recognition of the signifi cant role that freight HB599 requires FDOT to lead the development of mobility plays as an economic driver for the state, a plan to “enhance the integration and connectivity an Offi ce of Freight, Logistics and Passenger of the transportation system across and between Operations has been created at FDOT. This offi ce transportation modes throughout the state.” For this has been tasked with meeting the requirements reason, Florida is already on schedule to meet MAP- of legislation in Florida House Bill 599, as well as 21 guidelines and has become a leader in freight Freight Mobility meeting national freight guidance offered in H.R. issues through its ongoing work in developing a and Trade Plan 4348, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Freight Mobility and Trade Plan. For more information, Century Act (MAP-21). please see www.freightmovesfl orida.com. August 2014 FloridaFloridi a ininfrastructurefrasa trucu tuure TheThhe state highwayhighhway TruckTruck trtravelavel aaccountedccouo nted FloridaFlF oridi a hashas overover 22,700,700 District Four movesmom ves 767622 mimmillionllion systemsysteem seessees 19195,75555,755 forfor apapproximatelypprp oximi ately 1111%% of milesmiles of rrailail lines,lines, whichwhich tonstons ofof frffreighteie ght trtrafaffi c millionmim lll ioon annualana nual vehiclevehe icle vehiclevehih cle mimmilesleles trttraveledavele ed oonn movemove oovervev r 98 mmillionilliono FREIGHT & LOGISTICS OVERVIEW annually.annnuallyy. milesmim llees off ttravel.raaveel.l thethe SISSISS in 2010.2010. tonsttonss ofof freightfreight anannually.nuuallyy. LARGEST CITY DISTRICT AREA DISTRICT POPULATION Ft. Lauderdale 5,764 Square Miles 3,773,150 FloridaFlororida hashah s 784784 aviationaviationn facilities,facicilil tiese , 1121299 publicpublic • Broward County was created out of parts of Dade and Palm Beach County in 1915. It was named for the Florida Governor Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) use,use,e andandd 1919 havehave Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, who pledged to drain the Everglades for development. • Strategic – Consists of statewide and regionally signifi cant facilities and services commercialcommmeercic ala service.serviicee. • The City of Stuart in Martin County is the “Sailfi sh Capital of the World”. • Intermodal – Contains all forms of transportation for moving both people and goods, • 100% of the exported raw sugar that is produced in the Everglades area, is shipped through the Port of Palm Beach. including linkages for smooth and effi cient transfers between modes and major facilities • System – Integrates individual facilities, services, forms of transportation (modes) and linkages into a single, integrated transportation network TheThe ststateate boboastsasts 2 The SIS was established to: spaceportsspacepporo tss aandndd 5 aactivective County Trade Statistics: Top Import & Export Commodities • Effi ciently serve the mobility needs of Florida’s citizens, launchlaunch facilities.facili ities. businesses and visitors COUNTY NAME POPULATION TOP IMPORT COMMODITY TONNAGE TOP EXPORT COMMODITY TONNAGE • Help Florida become a worldwide economic leader, enhance Broward 1,780,172 Bulk Movement in Boxcars 5,370,196 Petroleum or Coal Products 3,592,928 economic prosperity and competitiveness, enrich quality of life Indian River 138,894 Farm Products 476,176 Bulk Movement in Boxcars 436,126 and refl ect responsible environmental stewardship Martin 147,495 Bulk Movement in Boxcars 512,771 Farm Products 472,858 Florida’sFlorida’s 1155 ddeepwatereeepwwater seaportsseaporrts mmovedovede 1106.4006.4. Palm Beach 1,335,187 Bulk Movement in Boxcars 4,484,751 Farm Products 5,212,208 millionmiilllioi n tonstonss ofof cargocargo anaandd St. Lucie 280,379 Bulk Movement in Boxcars 579,412 Nonmetallic Minerals 1,640,568 handledhaandlel d 2.82.2 8 millionmim llllion TEU’sTEEUU’s (20(220 footfoott eequivalentquivvalene t Featured District Projects containercontn aiinener unuunit)it) ini 22010.010.0 4208093: I-595/SR-862/P3/CEI 4305961: Port Everglades Southport From East of I-75 to West of I-95 Turning Notch Expansion Seven off tthehe 1155 seseaportsapa orrtst inn FFloridaloriidaa ccarriedara rir edd 112.72.7 millionmilll ion passengers,passssenngeg rss, 1212.1.1. The project upon completion is to The project consists of the lengthening millionmim lllioon of whichwhih ch sailedsaileed on result in three ground level reversible of the existing 900-foot deepwater multi-daymumulti-i daay crcruisesuiiseses inn 22010.010100. express toll lanes on I-595 that will turning notch by an additional 1,500 DESIGNATED SIS FACILITIES serve express traffi c to/from the I-75/ feet to the west, initially at the current Sawgrass Expressway from/to east of authorized depth of 42 feet. It is 100%100%% ooff SISSISS wawaterborneatet rbr orne SR 7. The improvement will also allow estimated that this project will enable freightfreiight inn FFloridalorir da iiss on a for a direct connection to the median the port to handle approximately of the turnpike, with variable tolls to 4M tons of crushed rock aggregate coastalccoaastal oror internationalinternan tit onaal optimize traffi c fl ow, which will reverse annually and additional capacity to shippingshs ippip ngng route.rouute. during peak travel times (eastbound in handle approximately 730,000 TEUs the a.m. & westbound in the p.m.). annually at full build out. 166 FortuneForo tunne 550000 companiescomppanies havehaave theirtheir headquartersheh adquq arters in FlFlorida.orida. Florida Key Transportation and Freight Facilities FREIGHT & LOGISTICS OVERVIEW STRATEGIC INTERMODAL I-75, I-95, I-595, Florida’s Turnpike, POPULATION U.S. POPULATION RANK AREA U.S. AREA RANK POPULATION GROWTH RATE SYSTEM (SIS) HIGHWAYS US 27, SR 60, SR 70, SR 80, SR 18.8 million 4th 53,625 sq. mi. 22nd 17.6% (2000-2010) 821, SR 869, SR 710, US 441 Chamber of Commerce website: http://www.fl chamber.org Fact: SIS highways provide access to the ports, airports, and military DOMESTIC
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