2020 SOUTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE FREIGHT PLAN UPDATE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION i CONTENTS 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 FAST Act and the South Carolina Statewide Freight Plan ................................................................. 1 1.2 Freight Transportation Goals and Objectives for South Carolina ..................................................... 3 1.3 Stakeholder Input ............................................................................................................................. 5 Survey Audience .................................................................................................................. 6 Survey Structure .................................................................................................................. 7 Respondent Demographics.................................................................................................. 7 Survey Highlights ................................................................................................................. 7 1.3.4.1 Freight Infrastructure ................................................................................. 7 1.3.4.2 Truck Parking .............................................................................................. 9 1.3.4.3 Freight Survey Interactive Map ................................................................ 10 1.4 Freight Advisory Committee / South Carolina Logistics Council ..................................................... 14 Purpose for the State Freight Advisory Committee ........................................................... 14 Duties and Responsibilities of the State Freight Advisory Committee .............................. 15 2 Freight Infrastructure, Conditions and The Statewide Freight Network ................................................. 17 2.1 Interim National Multimodal Freight Network ............................................................................... 17 2.2 Profile of South Carolina Freight Transportation Assets ................................................................ 18 Highway ............................................................................................................................. 18 2.2.1.1 Infrastructural Features ............................................................................ 19 2.2.1.2 Interstates................................................................................................. 21 2.2.1.3 Arterial ...................................................................................................... 24 2.2.1.4 Collector .................................................................................................... 24 2.2.1.5 Bridges ...................................................................................................... 24 2.2.1.6 Railroad Crossings ..................................................................................... 28 Rail ..................................................................................................................................... 30 2.2.2.1 Class I ........................................................................................................ 32 2.2.2.2 Short Line or Class III ................................................................................. 33 Aiken Railway Company, LLC (AIKR)............................................................................... 33 Carolina Piedmont (CPDR).............................................................................................. 33 Greenville & Western Railway Company (GRLW) .......................................................... 33 Lancaster and Chester Railway Company (LC) ............................................................... 33 Palmetto Railways .......................................................................................................... 33 Pee Dee River Railway Corporation (PDRR) ................................................................... 34 Water ................................................................................................................................. 35 Air ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Freight Transfer Facilities ................................................................................................... 41 2.3 Statewide Freight Network ............................................................................................................. 41 National Highway Freight Network .................................................................................... 41 2.3.1.1 Critical Rural and Urban Freight Corridors................................................ 43 Freight Movement in South Carolina ................................................................................. 45 Freight Transportation Goals and Objectives for South Carolina ...................................... 46 South Carolina Statewide Freight Network ....................................................................... 46 2.3.4.1 Statewide Network Evaluation Criteria .................................................... 47 ii 2.3.4.2 Airports, Water Ports and Inland Port ...................................................... 47 2.3.4.3 Statewide Freight Network ....................................................................... 47 2.3.4.4 Rail ............................................................................................................ 48 Current Conditions of the Statewide Freight Network ...................................................... 50 2.3.5.1 Interstate System...................................................................................... 50 3.1 Current Freight Trends.................................................................................................................... 56 Overview............................................................................................................................ 56 Freight Summary ................................................................................................................ 57 Current Freight Flows ........................................................................................................ 60 3.1.3.1 Truck Freight ............................................................................................. 60 3.1.3.2 Rail Freight ................................................................................................ 70 3.1.3.3 Port Freight............................................................................................... 79 3.1.3.4 Air Freight ................................................................................................. 83 3.1.3.5 Pipeline Flows........................................................................................... 85 Freight Growth................................................................................................................... 86 3.1.4.1 Truck Forecasts......................................................................................... 87 3.1.4.2 Rail Forecast .............................................................................................. 91 3.1.4.3 Port Forecast ............................................................................................. 95 3.1.4.4 Air Freight Forecast ................................................................................... 96 3.1.4.5 Pipeline Forecast ....................................................................................... 98 4 Freight Policy Review and Performance Measures ................................................................................. 99 4.1 The National Focus on Freight ........................................................................................................ 99 4.2 Framework for Freight Policy........................................................................................................ 100 Charting a Course to 2040: South Carolina’s Statewide Multimodal Plan ....................... 100 4.2.1.1 MTP Goals and Objectives ...................................................................... 100 4.3 SCDOT Strategic Plan .................................................................................................................... 101 4.4 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act ............................................................................................................. 101 FAST Act Statewide Freight Plans .................................................................................... 103 4.5 Partnership and Coordination ...................................................................................................... 103 Airports ............................................................................................................................ 103 Councils of Government .................................................................................................. 104 Economic Development Organizations and Chambers of Commerce ............................. 104 Freight Railroads .............................................................................................................. 104 Metropolitan Planning