Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
prosperous, globally competitive economy. The SIS contributes to the FTP
goals by making economic competitiveness a priority in implementing this
system. The SIS specifically prioritizes the need to facilitate anticipated
growth in domestic and international freight and visitor flows to and from
Florida to contribute to the desire for strong trade and economic
development in Florida. The Seaport Mission Plan also recognizes
Florida’s continued competitiveness in international trade is dependent on
having an efficient, interconnected transportation system. Additionally,
FDOT and the Florida Ports Council (FPC) partnered with the Florida
Chamber of Commerce to develop a Florida Trade and Logistics Study,
which developed further guidance on critical trade and economic goals.
Overarching themes emerging from the plans mentioned above have been used
to guide development of the Seaport System Plan vision statement. The vision
statement illustrates the significant level of integration of Florida’s seaports into
the foundation of Florida’s business community and transportation system. The
vision statement is as follows:
Florida’s Seaport System Vision Statement
Florida’s seaports will provide world-class facilities and services to meet
the waterborne trade and transportation needs of freight shippers and
receivers, trade-dependent businesses, cruise lines, residents, and
tourists. Florida’s ports will continue to serve as vital economic engines
for their host communities and the State as a whole, and will compete
successfully for both historic markets and emerging opportunities.
Florida’s ports will invest to meet their respective current and
anticipated needs, and the State of Florida will partner in these
investments in a manner that provides the highest levels of
demonstrable transportation and economic benefits to the State of
Florida. Florida and its ports will seek to increase the level of strategic
investment in Florida’s ports by making the best use of available funds
and by exploring opportunities for additional funding sources at the
local, regional, state, and Federal levels.
2.2 Relationship to Other Plans
Florida’s transportation network consists of an integrated multimodal and
intermodal system of hubs, corridors, and intermodal connectors guided by
state-level transportation policies. The Seaport System Plan provides specific
policy guidance for development, enhancement, and preservation of Florida’s
seaport system. It builds on established transportation goals and objectives as
laid out in the FTP and SIS. In addition, it recognizes and incorporates the
adopted policy language from the Seaport Mission Plan, including the seaport
visioning exercise completed in 2006, which identified eight critical seaport
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