Brad Pickel

Executive Director

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association

NCBIWA Annual MeetingNovember 14, 2017

American Trucking Association Driver Shortage Analysis

as included in the State of Trucking 2017

Why water? We have no choice!

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Navigation Operations and Maintenance Funding

Coastal Inland Nav

$1.9

Billion

$1.934

Billion

FY 09 FY 17

FY17 Funding for the AIWWVirginia- $5,640,000

North Carolina- $5,333,000

South Carolina- $20,075,000

Georgia- $6,181,000

Florida- $10,650,000

Total- $47,879,000, $32,275,000 Supplemental

Estimated $50.5 million annual maintenance need (USACE, 2017)

Amount of funding needed to return AIWW to authorized depth

Virginia- $18,000,000

North Carolina- $11,000,000

South Carolina- $54,000,000

Georgia- $22,591,000

Florida- $0

Total- Approximately $106 million

Fiscal Year 2018- Current status President’s Budget- $14,455,500, matched by

House and Senate Committees

Most since ARRA in 2008-09

Targets for Additional Dredging Needs

Inland Waterways- $50M

$46.5 million in FY16 (House $25, Senate $13.5)

Small, Remote or Subsistence Navigation- $50M

$49 million in FY16 (House $25, Senate $51)

Other issues on the AIWA Radar Investigation underway to look at

alternative dredging methods and disposal for Jekyll Creek, Georgia

Dr. Clay McCoy presents an update Wednesday

Real Estate Challenges with Easements and Encroachments, and Management of Dredge Material from Federal and Non-federal Projects

Panel discussion with USACE Reps on Thursday

No-Wake Zones for the AIWW/IWW

AIWA 2017 Annual Meeting Tomorrow and Thursday at the Blockade Runner

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- AIWW/IWW Update

U.S. Coast Guard Commander for Sector Wilmington

U.S. DOT Maritime Administration- Marine Highways

NOAA Surveying

Waterway Access

Industry and association representatives, and more

On-site Registration is Available!

For more information visitwww.atlanticintracoastal.org