US 74 Corridor Opportunities for Rural Efficiency + Safety ImprovementINFRA Grant Supporting Logistics + Freight Analysis

Office of Logistics + Freight, NCDOT19 February 2020

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Logistics + Freight Briefing

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FAST FACTS:• 416+ miles of US-74 on NC

Priority Freight Network, nearly 95% of US-74

• 73+ miles of US-74 qualified as a Critical Rural Freight Corridor

• 23+ miles characterized as a Critical Urban Freight Corridor

US-74

• 3 focus areas including:– Wilmington to Lumberton

– Rockingham to Charlotte

– Kings Mountain to Columbus, NC

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US-74 Focus Areas: Overview

• Part of the Critical Rural Freight Corridor + the NC Priority Freight Highway Network

• $523K+ cost of delay to commercial enterprise between 2017-2019

• Congestion impact + costs are rising YOY

• Congestion Costs →

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Focus Area 1

• Key Freight Bottlenecks on route

• Repeat offenders →

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Focus Area 1

• Construction, manufacturing + warehousing sectors lead freight producing industries in the focus area with more than 4,600 active firms creating $7.29B gross revenues, employing 38K+ North Carolinians

• Key logistics, freight + transportation assets relevant to Focus Area 1 include:

– I-95 Corridor

– Wilmington International Airport (ILM)

– Port of Wilmington

– Railroads: CSX, Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point

– Dillon (SC) intermodal terminal

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Focus Area 1

• Contains stretch of Critical Urban Freight Corridor

• Part of the NC Priority Freight Highway Network

• $3.48M+ cost of delay to commercial enterprise between 2017-2019

• Congestion Costs →

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Focus Area 2

• Key Freight Bottlenecks on route

• Repeat offenders →

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Focus Area 2

• Construction + heavy manufacturing sectors top freight producing industries in the focus area with more than 8,300 active firms creating $20.59B gross revenues, employing 109K+ North Carolinians

• Key logistics, freight + transportation assets relevant to Focus Area 2 include:

– I-74 + I-85 corridors

– Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)

– Charlotte intermodal facility (Queen City Express service from Port of Wilmington)

– Railroads: CSX, NS, ACWR

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Focus Area 2

• Part of the NC Priority Freight Highway Network

• $13.9M+ cost of delay to commercial enterprise between 2017-2019

• Congestion Costs →

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Focus Area 3

• Key Freight Bottlenecks on route

• Repeat offenders →

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Focus Area 3

• Manufacturing + Construction sectors top freight producing industries in the focus area with 2,500+ active firms creating $6B+ gross revenues, employing 34K+ North Carolinians

• Key logistics, freight + transportation assets relevant to Focus Area 3 include:

– I-85 + I-26 corridors

– Charlotte intermodal facility (Queen City Express service from Port of Wilmington)

– Railroads: CSX, NS

– Greer (SC) intermodal facility

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Focus Area 3

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Office of Logistics + FreightNorth Carolina Department of Transportation

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