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Freight and The Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Bureau of Planning & Economic Development
WisDOT and freight: responsibilities and plans
Freight Advisory Committee
State Freight Plan
Highlights
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Freight assistance and activities Assistance
Transportation Economic Assistance
Freight Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program
Freight Rail Preservation Program
Harbor Assistance Program Local Roads Program
Activities
Multimodal Freight Network
Highway Maintenance, Freight Ops. & Permits
Safety & Enforcement
State Traffic Operations Center & Work Zones
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50% project funding in exchange for new or retained jobs
Can be used for rail, waterway, air, and roads
Local let projects – reimbursement for costs incurred
http://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/local-gov/astnce-pgms/aid/tea.aspx (Doing Business- Local Government- Other Aid)
Contact Jesse ([email protected] or 608-266-9910)
Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) Grants
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Provide input on policies, processes and projects that facilitate and enhance:
Reliable, safe and efficient movement of freight - statewide, nationally and internationally.
Project decision-making and delivery processes.
Connectivity between the various modes of transportation.
Connectivity between state and local transportation systems.
Connectivity between private and public sectors.
Freight Advisory Committee Overview – Purpose and Goals
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The FAC is purely an advisory committee.
FAC responsibilities include:
Assisting WisDOT in the development of, and subsequent updating of, the state’s Freight Plan and other relevant state plans as appropriate.
Providing feedback and advice to the Secretary’s Office and WisDOT Freight Policy Administrator’s Group on freight transportation policies, processes or programs.
Freight Advisory CommitteeOverview – Roles & Responsibilities
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http://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doingbus/freight/fac.aspx
Freight Advisory CommitteeWebsite
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http://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/freight/fac.aspx (Doing Business – Freight – Freight Advisory Committee)
Background documents – inaugural meeting agenda
Summary Report of inaugural meeting will be posted soon
Contact Ken ([email protected] or 608-266-9476)
Freight Advisory CommitteeResources
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Provide a vision for multimodal freight transportation.
Position the state to be competitive in the global marketplace by ensuring critical connections to national freight systems remain, or become, more efficient.
State Freight PlanPurpose & Overview
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Development will take approximately 24 months. The anticipated completion date is December 2016.
Early phases of plan’s foundation are still underway. Data intensive chapters
gathering, compiling, organizing and drafting Public Involvement Plan published for comment http://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/sfp/default.aspx
(Projects & Studies - State Freight Plan)
State Freight PlanTimeline and More Information
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State Freight Plan
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Ken Brotheridge [email protected] 608-266-9476
Jesse Patchak [email protected] 608-266-9910
Questions
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