Integrated Strategy for Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials in Great Lakes Commercial Ports

Dredged material management options for Great Lakes commercial ports are diminishing. Many existing confined disposal facilities (CDFs) serving these ports are at or near capacity and high costs plus limited new site availability make prospects for new or expanded capacity increasingly unlikely. Restrictions on dredging have severe implications for freight movement in the North American midcontinent. Beneficial use (BU) of dredged materials as an alternative source of material for habitat restoration, earthworks, and transportation-related construction is emerging as a potentially attractive approach to sustainable material management in the region. This project builds directly upon previous efforts by the proposal team funded under National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) RI-8: "Beneficial Use of Dredging Materials from Harbors and Channels." These previous efforts include planning of the recent beneficial use summit and development of a beneficial use technical framework. The proposed work plan is a natural extension of those efforts.

• Record URL:
  http://www.wistrans.org/cfire/research/projects/09-12/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $152892.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0020

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  1415 Engineering Drive
  Madison, WI  United States  53706
• Principal Investigators:

  Likos, Bill

• Start Date: 20140801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20150731
• Source Data: RiP Project 38284

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dredged materials; Freight traffic; Harbors; Materials management; Ports
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes Region; North America
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547322
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE)
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0020
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 6 2014 1:00AM