Analysis and recommendations on protecting waterways from encroachment.

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• Alternative Title:
  Project title: Protecting waterways from encroachment
• Creators:
  Mileski, Joan P. ; Thrailkill, Robert ; Haupt, Karl ; Lane, John ; McMullen, William ; Gunn, Joshua ; Kruse, C. James ; Bierling, David ; Olson, Leslie E. ; Huang, Jun ; Lorente, Paula
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• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Waterways
  • Property management
  • Coastwise shipping
  • Harbors
  • Waterways--Texas
  • Right of way--Texas
  • Coastwise shipping--Texas
  • Harbors--Texas
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-10/0-6225-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2008-Aug. 2009.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this project was to investigate and determine hazards to navigation (encroachments) in the Texas ; Portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) that originate from shore, and to make recommendations for ; mitigating these hazards in the future. The research team collected various types of data to identify encroachment ; hazards and understand how and where obstacles are built including incident data from the U. S. Coast Guard; survey ; information from vessel operators; data from physical inspection of the waterway; survey information from developers, ; economic development corporations, and shippers; survey information from county and local officials in all coastal ; counties; and information on permitting procedures data from the various federal, state, and local jurisdictions involved ; with shoreline development. This study concludes that the major problems caused by development of structures that ; encroach into the waterway are the narrowing of the channel, lack of strategic mooring or push-in (hold-up) places ; needed in inclement weather, and congestion caused by additional inexperienced recreational boaters. This study results ; in a guidebook for permitters and a guidebook for developers on the types and quantity of structures that should be ; permitted along the GIWW. The guidebooks should help develop and permit “smart” development with regard to ; navigation through better cooperation between governmental agencies on permitting development and a focus on the ; agglomeration, clustering, and density of development on the waterway, and increased cooperation between developers, ; governmental agencies, and the barge industry in maintaining the GIWW for its primary use of moving goods ; effectively and efficiently to promote and support Texas and U.S. commerce.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6225
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18316/dot_18316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.47 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:329b2183afc63b3d5ee9263c228224063a1ae80d6e3bdf2a3f6807d87d2dce89