Florida Seaport System Plan - SeaCIP

Florida Seaport System Plan
2.4 Seaport System Goals, Elements, and Objectives
Specific seaport system objectives have been developed to facilitate the
achievement of Florida’s seaport vision. These objectives are consistent with
and organized by the 2060 FTP goals and key Plan elements. Keeping in mind
the two overarching themes (freight and passenger transportation and trade
and economic development), Table 2.4 presents the seaport objectives
organized by FTP goals and key Plan elements. Key plan elements represent
key functionalities that drive seaport operations and capacities. They are
defined as follows:
Markets and Services – System capacity, competitiveness with other
seaports, preservation and expansion of key emerging and dominant
markets, and ability to provide innovative state-of-the-art services.
Terminal Facilities and Capacities – Preservation and expansion of
existing terminal capacity, increase in the efficiencies of existing terminals,
and creation of new port-related lands; also includes promotion of
standardized security inspections to streamline port efficiencies.
Vessel Navigation – Need for preservation and expansion of water
resources, including channels, turning basins, and berths; this includes
discussion of deepwater capacity.
Landside Access – Direct connections to highway and rail networks,
appropriate level of intermodal facility development, and restriction of
noncomplementary development along key access corridors
Land Use and Environment – Preservation of existing industrial lands and
the availability of additional industrial land; also includes promotion of the
positive environmental contributions of seaports, the need for streamlined
permitting processes, and investments in green technologies, such as shore
power.
Planning and Governance – Capital improvement plans, master plans and
long-range visions developed by individual seaports; systemwide planning
and investment strategies at state level.
Funding and Prioritization – Self-funding, private-sector investments,
state and Federal investments; establishing priorities within a given port as
well as across the entire system.
The Seaport System Plan Working Group, over the course of five meetings,
developed many recommendations. Almost all of them focus on activities
FDOT and its state partners should do, or do differently. The Working
Group findings are documented and summarized in Appendix A. These
recommendations were used to support the development of goals presented in
Table 2.4 as well as the strategies and actions presented in Section 6.0.
2-6 Florida Department of Transportation
December 2010