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BEAM Regional Infrastructure Report 2014 Governor’s Conference on Energy & the Environment October 8, 2014 Greg Heitzman Executive Director Louisville MSD 1

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BEAM Regional Infrastructure Report

2014 Governor’s Conference

on Energy & the Environment

October 8, 2014

Greg HeitzmanExecutive Director

Louisville MSD

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BEAM Study Area

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BEAM Infrastructure Report

Goal: Identify the critical gaps and develop recommendations for infrastructure that will support the strategies of the BEAM Regional Economic Growth Plan, focusing primarily on manufacturing.• Used the 2011 Kentucky Infrastructure Report Card,

published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), as a foundation.

• Much of the infrastructure covered in the report – airports, waterways, highways and bridges – is not funded by cities.

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GRADING

A = ExceptionalB = GoodC = FairD = PoorF = Inadequate

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2011 ASCE KY Infrastructure Report Card

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TimelineAugust 2013: Committee formed

November 2013: Draft sector reports completed

December 2013: Team leads met with Mayors to preview findings

April 2014: Sector reports finalized and consolidated into single report

June 2014: Design work finalized

July 2014: Final report printed

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BEAM Infrastructure Committee

Sub-Team Committee Members (* = sub-team lead)

1. Aviation Skip Miller* (Louisville Regional Airport Authority)Eric Frankl, Karen Scott

2. Communications Norman Schippert* (BluegrassNet)Scott Shapiro, Ted Smith

3. Energy John Malloy* (LG&E and KU)David Freibert, Tom Hardesty, Jason Knoy, Pat More, Brack Marquette

4. Freight Rail Bob Helton* (R.J. Corman)Tom Garrett, David Hall

5. Public Transportation

Barry Barker* (TARC)Rocky Burke

6. Roads & BridgesMatt Bullock* (State Dept. of Highways)James Ballinger, Larry Chaney, Dan O’Dea, David Ratterman, Ricky Sizemore, Roy Sturgill, Randy Turner, Kevin Wente

7. Solid Waste Patrick Stallard* (Stites & Harbison)Steve Feese

8. Water & Wastewater

Greg Heitzman* (MSD) and Jim Brammell* (Louisville Water Co.)Jerry Acy, William Azevedo, David Billings, Brian Bingham, Charlie Boland, James Bruce, Vicki Coombs, Tom Doyle, Steve Eden, James Jeffries, Charles Martin, Tom Rockaway, Jim Smith

9. Waterways Larry McFall* (Louisville Riverport Authority)Paul Buddeke, Greg Cantrell, Gary MacDonald, Chuck Moore

Chair: Chris HermannVice Chair: Greg Heitzman

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Recommendations

• 35 “recommendations” across the 10 Sectors

• Consolidated into 3 broad categories:1. Essential Services (energy, water, wastewater,

solid waste, and communications)

2. Moving People (surface and air transportation)

3. Moving Products (roads, rail, airports, waterways)

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Themes• Multimodal focus: Take advantage of existing assets

– UPS Worldport, Ohio River, and rail network – while reducing the burden on our road network

• Low-cost basic services (energy, water) are critical assets, but will be challenged by needs to invest in aging infrastructure

• Growing need for high-speed fiber technology• Growing funding needs are consistent across all

sectors• Showed the need and value of holistic, regional

thinking when it comes to infrastructure

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Summary of Recommendations

by Sector

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Aviation1. Prevent the state’s aviation fuel tax from being diverted to

the KY General Fund.

2. Provide support for continued funding for aviation at the federal level.

3. Surrounding states such as IN, OH, and TN have lower (or no) property tax on general aviation aircraft, placing companies that base aircraft in KY at a disadvantage.

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Communications1. Support broadband engagement at the local level, where access can be

addressed in a meaningful way.

2. Form broadband task forces and caucuses (Iowa did this recently).

3. Support targeted initiatives that focus on critically underserved regions.

4. Factor technology planning into economic development site assessments.

5. Closely monitor emerging technologies for deployment.

6. Monitor and support the Next Generation Kentucky Highway project (Gov. Beshear’s plan to expand high-speed internet access throughout the state).

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Energy1. Continue to provide least cost supply options to customers

2. Promote exploration and investment in a diverse generation energy supply, including renewables where proven economic.

3. Continue to prepare for the future through participation in research opportunities.

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Freight Rail1. Focus on multimodal freight transportation, by identifying and

utilizing intermodal transfer sites. Focus should be on waterway-rail and aviation-rail interchanges.

2. Preserve existing rail right-of-way, for both current and future freight movement, as well as any future development of passenger rail.

3. Support the Statewide Rail Plan, published in 2002 and undergoing an update currently.

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Public Transportation1. Incentivize higher density growth patterns and direct economic development

towards designated nodes and major corridors, so that large employment centers can be efficiently served.

2. Maintain and preserve existing road and rail infrastructure.

3. Focus on multimodal transportation for both people and goods.

4. Create a dedicated KY state funding source for public transportation (KY ranks last amongst its neighboring states in per capita investment and total dollars for public transportation).

5. At the federal level, support the adoption of a long-term transportation reauthorization bill by Congress.

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Roads & Bridges1. Continually improve safety, capacity, condition, and reliability on

the BEAM region’s interstate and arterial highway corridors.

2. Have available a sufficient, reliable, and sustainable source of highway transportation funding (the current federal funding mechanisms will not be sufficient in the future – alternative options include public/private partnerships, TIFs, tolls, local option sales taxes, and user fees).

3. Support multimodal transportation options.

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Solid Waste1. Additional landfill capacity is not needed in the BEAM

Region.

2. It is unlikely that additional recycling facilities will be located in the region.

3. It is not recommended that additional hazardous waste disposal facilities be sited within the state.

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Water & Wastewater1. Form Water/Wastewater Advisory Groups to coordinate major infrastructure investments and

shape regulations.

2. Coordinate planning through the Regional Water Management Councils.

3. Develop watershed-based plans to more effectively manage wastewater and storm water.

4. Develop a plan of the 20-year water and wastewater needs.

5. Conduct a benchmark study of water and wastewater rates for the region.

6. Continue support of water and wastewater grant and loan programs, such as the State Revolving Fund Program and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority.

7. Develop state funding mechanisms through economic development incentives to invest in needed water and wastewater facilities to major economic development sites.

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Waterways1. Support port infrastructure improvements to keep

up with customer expectations.

2. Support the continuation of the state funding source for ports (funds offered in the form of 50/50 grants to public riverports for maintenance and improvement projects).

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Major Development Sites1. Conduct detailed assessments of all infrastructure needs

for the BEAM region’s top 8 economic development sites (those greater than 300 acres and located along the I-64 and I-65 corridors).

2. Fund the construction of critical facilities for these top 8 sites to meet infrastructure needs of targeted manufacturing industries.

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Major BEAM Area Development Sites

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Next Steps

• Promote the Report through the Louisville and Lexington BEAM websites.

• The Report will be used as to encourage state and federal funding.

• The Report will receive ongoing support from the Infrastructure Subcommittee of Kentucky-Indiana Exchange (KIX), a Regional Leadership Coalition.

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More Information on Kentucky Infrastructure

• www.infrastructurereportcard.org• www.kyasce.org/report-card• www.louisvilleky.gov/BEAM• www.lexingtonky.gov/BEAM• www.louisvilleky.gov/BEAM/BEAMPlansf

orOurRegion.htm

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