Introducing the Heartland Corridor - NCIT
Introducing the Heartland Corridor - NCIT
Introducing the Heartland Corridor - NCIT
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The <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong> is a portfolio of intermodal<br />
based projects designed to significantly improve<br />
mobility and increase freight capacity between <strong>the</strong><br />
Mid-Atlantic regions of Virginia and North Carolina,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Midwest and West Virginia.
The core of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong> is <strong>the</strong> so-called<br />
Central <strong>Corridor</strong> component.<br />
Realization of <strong>the</strong> double-stack clearances helps justify<br />
related corridor projects, such as <strong>the</strong> rail relocation<br />
project to serve <strong>the</strong> APM Terminal/Craney Island and<br />
<strong>the</strong> mega-terminal at Rickenbacker, as well as making<br />
available opportunities for market access for western<br />
Virginia and West Virginia (via a Roanoke region and<br />
Prichard intermodal facilities).
Chicago<br />
1031 Miles to<br />
Chicago<br />
28 Tunnels Require<br />
Modifications to<br />
Provide 20’-3”<br />
Clearance<br />
Columbus<br />
Cleveland<br />
Kenova<br />
Prichard<br />
1264 Miles to<br />
Chicago<br />
Roanoke<br />
Harrisburg<br />
The Port<br />
of Virginia<br />
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong>
Double-Stack Project<br />
The current clearance envelope through West Virginia only<br />
accommodates railcars up to 19’1” multi-levels. No double-stack cars<br />
can be accommodated in western Virginia and West Virginia due to <strong>the</strong><br />
height, as well as <strong>the</strong> square profile of <strong>the</strong> conveyance.
28 Tunnels<br />
• 30,000+ feet to be Cleared<br />
• Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky<br />
24 Overhead Obstructions<br />
• Bracing Modifications, Fencing Modifications, Overhead<br />
Wire Removal, Miscellaneous Signal Work<br />
• West Virginia and Ohio
To Chicago,<br />
Detroit, & Points<br />
West<br />
Rickenbacker<br />
Portsmouth<br />
KY<br />
Kenova<br />
Prichard<br />
Columbus<br />
Williamson<br />
OH<br />
Ashville<br />
Huntington<br />
Welch<br />
COMPONENT<br />
Central <strong>Corridor</strong> Double-Stack Initiative<br />
Prichard Intermodal Terminal<br />
Roanoke Region Intermodal Terminal<br />
Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal<br />
Commonwealth Railway Mainline Safety<br />
Relocation Project (CRMSRP)<br />
Bluefield<br />
WV<br />
Roanoke<br />
Christiansburg<br />
Washington, DC<br />
VA<br />
Richmond<br />
LEGEN<br />
D<br />
Petersburg<br />
664<br />
664<br />
CIMT<br />
(Proposed)<br />
CIDMMA<br />
Portsmouth<br />
APM<br />
164<br />
264<br />
NIT<br />
PMT<br />
Norfolk<br />
CRMSRP Project (Median Rail)<br />
Portsmouth<br />
464<br />
264
Single Stack Trains Will Be Double<br />
Stacked<br />
• Effectively Double <strong>the</strong> Capacity of<br />
<strong>the</strong> Train<br />
Reduced Transportation Cost<br />
• Saves 233 Miles, Norfolk-Chicago<br />
• Reduce Transit Time by 1-1/2 Days<br />
Intermodal Yards Provide<br />
Opportunities
Intermodal Facility in<br />
Roanoke, VA<br />
Connecting I-81 & I-64<br />
to <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong><br />
Intermodal Facility in<br />
Columbus, OH<br />
Connecting I-70 to<br />
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong>
“Central <strong>Corridor</strong> Double-Stack Project”<br />
• Double-Stack Clearances: Between Roanoke, VA<br />
through WV, to Columbus, OH<br />
Expanded Intermodal Capacity<br />
• Columbus, OH – Rickenbacker Airport<br />
• New Intermodal Terminals<br />
Roanoke Region<br />
Prichard, WV<br />
“Western Freeway Rail <strong>Corridor</strong>”<br />
• Rail relocation project in Portsmouth, VA
COMPONENT<br />
ESTIMATED<br />
COST ($)<br />
Central <strong>Corridor</strong> Double-Stack Initiative $ 151 M<br />
Prichard Intermodal Terminal $ 18 M<br />
Roanoke Region Intermodal Terminal $ 18 M<br />
Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal $ 62 M<br />
Commonwealth Railway Mainline Safety<br />
Relocation Project (CRMSRP)<br />
$ 60 M<br />
TOTAL $ 309 M
COMPONENT<br />
SAFETEA-<br />
LU FUNDS<br />
Central <strong>Corridor</strong> Double-Stack Initiative $ 95 M<br />
Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal $ 30 M<br />
Commonwealth Railway Mainline Safety<br />
Relocation Project (CRMSRP)<br />
$ 15 M<br />
TOTAL $ 140 M
Provides a new intermodal facility in West Virginia, a<br />
region that currently has no intermodal connections to<br />
<strong>the</strong> domestic and global intermodal network.<br />
Provides new, lower cost intermodal freight<br />
transportation options to shippers in <strong>the</strong> Appalachian<br />
regions of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and<br />
sou<strong>the</strong>astern Ohio. This infrastructure improvement will<br />
provide a base for attracting new business to <strong>the</strong> region.<br />
Facilitates conversion of freight from highway to rail<br />
• Reduces traffic congestion on key highways along <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong><br />
• Reduces emissions by up to 75% on freight converted<br />
to rail
According to a study performed by <strong>the</strong> Nick J. Rahall<br />
Appalachian Transportation Institute at Marshall<br />
University, <strong>the</strong> Central <strong>Corridor</strong> Double-Stack Project<br />
provides <strong>the</strong> following benefits<br />
• Over 20 years, provides $201 to $368 million in<br />
economic benefits to shippers moving freight in <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong><br />
• Increases economic activity in West Virginia by $50<br />
million per year with associated increases in<br />
employment and tax revenue, as well as providing $4.4<br />
million to $11.3 million in direct benefits annually to<br />
existing shippers in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky<br />
and sou<strong>the</strong>astern Ohio.
This project involves construction of a new intermodal<br />
terminal facility in Prichard, WV.<br />
This terminal will provide Prichard and <strong>the</strong><br />
surrounding markets with direct intermodal access to<br />
global markets.<br />
Intermodal service will be provided between Prichard<br />
and Chicago and all points west, as well as <strong>the</strong> ports in<br />
Hampton Roads<br />
Phase 1 Capacity: 30,000 units (cost: $18 Million)<br />
Similar to VPA’s Virginia Inland Port
The DMJM HARRIS conducted economic and market<br />
analysis for <strong>the</strong> Prichard Intermodal Terminal.<br />
• Prichard, West Virginia is identified as <strong>the</strong> most<br />
optimal site for an inland intermodal terminal.<br />
• The West Virginia market is large enough to support<br />
inland intermodal terminal.<br />
• There is a potential to place warehousing in <strong>the</strong><br />
project area.<br />
• The diversion potential of truck to rail freight traffic is<br />
sufficient to help support an inland intermodal<br />
terminal.<br />
• Economic returns are moderate, and improvement on<br />
those returns are possible.
Intermodal Container Transfer Facility in Warren County
39 Major Companies have Located Near VIP
AB&C Group AmeriCold<br />
Logistics.<br />
Blue Ridge (HBH) Prestain<br />
Butter-Krust Baking Co.<br />
DuPont<br />
East Coast Brokers Inc.<br />
Family Dollar Inc.<br />
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.<br />
Ford Motor Co.<br />
General Parts Inc.<br />
Home Depot<br />
HP Hood Inc.<br />
Jouan/Precision Scientific<br />
Khol’s Corp.<br />
Pen Tab<br />
Rite Aid Corp.<br />
Rubbermaid<br />
Spahr Metric Inc.<br />
SYSCO Corp.<br />
Toray Plastics<br />
Trex<br />
Walden Foods<br />
Winchester Cold Storage<br />
World Wide Automotive
Reduced shipping costs for shippers via <strong>the</strong> <strong>Heartland</strong><br />
<strong>Corridor</strong><br />
Improved mobility for truck freight along <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong><br />
Environmental benefits from reduced emissions<br />
through use of more efficient transportation<br />
Economic, tax and employment benefits from <strong>the</strong><br />
introduction of new or expanded Intermodal capacity<br />
along <strong>the</strong> <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong>
Improved access to <strong>the</strong> global trade network through<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ports of Hampton Roads for shippers and<br />
manufacturers in Virginia, West Virginia, eastern<br />
Kentucky and Ohio<br />
Prichard intermodal terminal provides business and<br />
investment opportunities for West Virginia through<br />
competitive transportation access to global markets
Columbus, Rickenbacker is well funded with (ODOT) Ohio<br />
Department of Transportation<br />
State of Virginia is working on plan to close <strong>the</strong> gap on <strong>the</strong><br />
Portsmouth rail relocation<br />
• $60 million project<br />
• $15 million provided under Section 1302, SAFETEALU<br />
• $45 million remains outstanding; hopefully, $15 million to<br />
come from Virginia Section 130 funds and $30 million<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Virginia budget
Total Central <strong>Corridor</strong> <strong>Heartland</strong> Cost<br />
• $186 million total- tentative<br />
• $150 million for Clearances- tentative<br />
• $36 million for Terminals; $18 million each for<br />
Prichard and Roanoke- tentative<br />
• Estimates subject to fur<strong>the</strong>r refinement
Seeking $27 million from <strong>the</strong> Virginia Rail<br />
Enhancement Fund established by <strong>the</strong> Virginia<br />
Legislature<br />
• 1 00% state revenues<br />
• $9 million toward clearances<br />
• $18 million toward Roanoke Terminal<br />
• Portsmouth Rail Relocation to be handled separately<br />
Ohio costs total just under $1 million<br />
• Ohio Rail Development Commission likely to cover 90% of<br />
<strong>the</strong>se costs
WESTBOUND SCHEDULE<br />
DP Norfolk APM 1700 – TU, TH, SA<br />
DP Norfolk NIT 1800 - TU, TH, SA,<br />
DP Norfolk 2015 - TU, TH, SA<br />
AR Prichard 1414 - WE, FR, SU Set Out - Pick Up<br />
AR Chicago 1405 - TH, SA, MO<br />
EASTBOUND SCHEDULE<br />
DP Chicago 2305 - MO, WE, FR<br />
AR Prichard 2127 - TU, TH, SA Set Out - Pick Up<br />
AR Norfolk 1730 - WE, FR, SU<br />
AR Norfolk NIT 1930 - WE, FR, SU<br />
AR Norfolk APM 0600 - TH, SA, MO<br />
Schedules Subject to Change
<strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong><br />
O<strong>the</strong>r NS rail lines<br />
Commonwealth Railroad<br />
US Interstate System<br />
New Intermodal Terminal<br />
The <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong>
Description: The <strong>Heartland</strong> <strong>Corridor</strong> project will<br />
create significant new Intermodal capacity in<br />
Columbus, OH and Roanoke, VA<br />
• This project provides for a major new state of <strong>the</strong> art<br />
intermodal facility adjacent to <strong>the</strong> Columbus Regional<br />
Airport Authority’s Rickenbacker Airport, south of<br />
Columbus.<br />
•This project also converts <strong>the</strong> existing Discovery<br />
Park Intermodal terminal in Columbus, OH in to a<br />
roadrailer terminal. The roadrailer network would<br />
connect Columbus to markets throughout <strong>the</strong><br />
Midwest, South, and Nor<strong>the</strong>ast, and <strong>the</strong> Mexican<br />
gateway. The roadrailer services serve a variety of
The key funding mechanism for <strong>the</strong><br />
clearances component of <strong>Heartland</strong> was<br />
Section 1301 of SAFETEA-LU<br />
“Projects of National and Regional<br />
Significance”<br />
We intentionally pursued a House<br />
strategy in <strong>the</strong> run-up to <strong>the</strong> surface<br />
transportation reauthorization
Fully funded: $151 million project:<br />
• $95 million federal; $9.8 million Virginia; $0.8 million<br />
Ohio; <strong>the</strong> balance from Norfolk Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
Federal Highways designated (by consensus of<br />
all parties) as “sponsor agency”<br />
MOA signed by three States w/FHWA; and<br />
MOA signed by NS w/FHWA; effectuating <strong>the</strong><br />
flow of funds for <strong>the</strong> project<br />
The Project is a Go!<br />
First order of business: Completion of<br />
environmental document, expected Spring<br />
2007<br />
In <strong>the</strong> interim, construction design engineering<br />
allowed up to 70% completion
24 Overhead<br />
29 Tunnels<br />
- 30,000+ feet to be Cleared<br />
- Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky<br />
Obstructions<br />
- Bracing modifications, Fencing modifications,<br />
Overhead wire removal, miscellaneous signal<br />
work.<br />
- West Virginia and Ohio
Efficient transfer of<br />
containers between<br />
truck and rail<br />
Economic<br />
opportunity for<br />
Western Virginia and<br />
West Virginia<br />
Similar to VPA’s<br />
Virginia Inland Port
Shortage of truck drivers<br />
Higher fuel costs<br />
Higher insurance costs for truckers<br />
Highway congestion<br />
More quality RR service offerings<br />
Growth in international containers<br />
Higher railroad productivity<br />
RR’s are more environment-friendly