Economic Impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the States It Serves

The project team is proposing to research the economic impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) on the 5 states it serves (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). In many respects, it will be similar to a recent study sponsored by the National Waterways Foundation for the entire inland waterway system. This analysis will focus on the economic importance of the GIWW to the various states and assume only sufficient investment to maintain current system performance. The underlying methodology will evaluate what an abandonment (or closure) of the canal would mean in terms of economic impact. It will compare the transportation and related supply-chain costs faced by current waterway users to the costs they would face if the GIWW were to become permanently unavailable and they had to use the next best transportation alternative.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization is not yet awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $139187
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747130

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, AR  United States  72701
• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Kruse, Jim

  Glover, Brianne

• Start Date: 20170901
• Expected Completion Date: 20180831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Costs; Economic impacts
• Geographic Terms: Alabama; Florida; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (United States); Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01643636
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747130
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 11 2017 3:53PM