Land Use and Port Development in Baltimore

Harbor

September 11-12, 2003presented by

Frank L. HamonsDeputy Director, Harbor Development

Maryland Port Administration

Coastal Brownfields Conference“At The Water’s Edge”

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Baltimore ca. 1752

Baltimore ca. 1889

Baltimore ca 1962

Map of Baltimore

Existing Commercial, Residential, & Recreational

Existing Industrial, Power Generation & Utilities

Cumulative Space Consumed

Public Marine Terminals

Cumulative Space Consumed

Private Marine Terminals

Cumulative Space Consumed

Recent Transactions and Developments

Cumulative Space Consumed

Seed List Options

Dredged Material Placement Options

• Dead Ship Anchorage

• Masonville • Sparrows Pnt.

Beneficial• Sparrows Pnt.

Conceptual• Sollers Point• Thoms Cove

Community Enhancement / Beneficial Use Options

• Fort Howard• Hog Neck• Key Bridge

Southwest• Patapsco Ponds

Other Management Options

• Agricultural Use • Bricks• Innovative Reuse at

Cox Creek• Key Bridge Piling

Protection• Mines & Quarries

(Rail)

• Fairfield AmocoFairfield Amoco

Baltimore Harbor

Cumulative Space Consumed

MASONVILLE

FAIRFIELD

AMOCO

DEADSHIP

ANCHORAGE

THOMS

COVE

SOLLERS

POINT

SPARROWS

POINT

CONCEPTUAL

SPARROWS POINT

BENEFICIAL USE

Masonville:Site Area = 81 acres Total Capacity = 9.4 mcy

Annual Capacity = .5 mcy Site Life = 17 years

Sparrows Pt Upland:Site Area = 200 to 600 acres

Total Capacity = 13 to 36 mcy

Annual Capacity = 0.3 to 1.3 mcy

Site Life = 11 to 37 years

Fairfield-Amoco:Site Area = 137 acres Total Capacity = 6.41 mcy

Annual Capacity = 0.6 mcy Site Life = 11 years