Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
• Develop and implement an effective seaport-specific outreach program.
One of the key benefits of the seaport system plan should be to help elevate
and promote Florida’s seaports to create new opportunities.
− Develop public information material. Highlights from the Plan will
be used to develop a brochure and presentation material. This material
will be available on the Seaport Office web site. A variety of venues for
dissemination will be identified. This will include seaport partners,
internal FDOT leadership meetings, the project web site, presentations
at key meetings, such as MPO Advisory Council or the Florida
Transportation Commission.
− Conduct outreach. Using the public information material, FDOT will
conduct ongoing outreach on the Plan as opportunities arise. Over the
first year, there should be a concerted effort to reach a diverse audience.
Over time, outreach would be based on new developments or updates to
the Plan.
− Provide ongoing support to the statewide seaport system. The Plan
provides FDOT with the documentation to support Florida’s seaports on
an ongoing basis. The existence of this Plan will raise awareness and
questions and provide opportunities for continued education and
outreach activities.
6.3 Integration of Plan with Other Planning Efforts
The successful development and implementation of the Seaport System Plan is
dependent upon effective integration with other key planning and programming
initiatives within FDOT as well as by its seaport partners and local and regional
planning partners. The Plan lays out the key objectives and strategies to guide
FDOT’s seaport planning activities, which feed data and analysis into the
State’s overall transportation program. The integration requirements are
predicated upon the roles and responsibilities of the involved stakeholders, as
well as the existing and adopted transportation policies and plans that guide the
various elements of Florida’s transportation system. The key factors include:
• Roles and responsibilities;
• Adoption and incorporation into the FTP;
• Reflection in the SIS;
• Reflection in port plans;
• Reflection in local and regional planning;
• Reflection in other state planning; and
• Coordination of funding efforts.
Each of these is described in detail below.
6-8 Florida Department of Transportation
December 2010