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
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Coastwise Shipping Coastwise Shipping--Texas Harbors Harbors--Texas Property Management Right Of Way--Texas Waterways Waterways--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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6225
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:329b2183afc63b3d5ee9263c228224063a1ae80d6e3bdf2a3f6807d87d2dce89
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18316/dot_18316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.47 MB ]