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| Introduction |
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Introduction
ODOT is in the process of developing the Oregon Freight Plan that will help guide Oregon State agencies’ actions that support the transportation of goods to meet the material and economic needs of Oregon’s people and businesses.This planning effort will produce a plan under the 2006 Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP).
ODOT has convened a steering committee and a series of working groups to provide guidance, input, and review during the development of this plan. During the December 10, 2008, Freight Plan Steering Committee meeting, the Steering committee discussed changes to a series of candidate freight plan objectives prepared by ODOT staff. The Steering Committee advised reformatting of the five candidate objective statements, to include one overall purpose statement and a series of implementing statements. The updated Freight Plan Objective Statements are presented below.
Purpose:Improve freight connections to local, state, regional, national and global markets to increase trade-related jobs and income for Oregon workers and businesses.
To achieve this purpose, the freight plan will:
a. Establish a process for identifying, prioritizing and facilitating investments in Oregon’s highway, rail, marine, air and pipeline transport infrastructure in furtherance of a safe, seamless multimodal and interconnected freight system.
b. Identify institutional and organizational barriers to an efficient and effective freight transportation system in Oregon and develop prioritized strategies for overcoming these barriers.
c. Interpret OTP goals and policies related to the development of the freight system.
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Beginning in March 2009, ODOT is publishing a monthly newsletter to document the development of the Freight Plan. Please click on the links below to read the newsletters.
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
September 2009
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Freight Plan Steering Committee
The Freight Plan Steering Committee is charged with an advisory role in plan development coordination, oversight and work-group product integration. The Steering Committee is chaired by OTC Commissioner David Lohman. Its membership is established to provide a balanced
multi-stakeholder perspective for the Freight Plan.
For more information on the Steering Committee, including a list of members and meeting information, please see the Freight Plan Steering Committee page.
Freight Plan Working Groups
The three Working Groups will be topically oriented and work closely with the project team in reviewing and providing input to work products and Freight Plan chapters.
The three working groups are:
- Freight Infrastructure and Traffic Issues Working Group
- Policy and Process Working Group Freight
- Economy Working Group
It is anticipated that the working groups will help ODOT refine background technical memos that support the freight plan, and suggest sources of data and information that they have unique knowledge of
For more information on the Working Groups, including a list of members and meeting information, please see the Freight Plan Working Group page.
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| Schedule |
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Plan Schedule
The following draft schedule highlights major milestones in the development of the freight plan. Freight Plan Steering Committee meetings are shown in bold type. This schedule is current as of December 9, 2008, and may change as the plan develops.
October 2008 -
- Freight Plan Kickoff Meeting
December 2008 -
- Freight Plan Steering Committee Meeting
January 2009 through May 2009 -
- Development of Background Technical Memos
- Working Group Meetings and review of Technical Memos
- Development of Draft Scope of Work for the plan and resource agency consultation
Summer 2009 -
- Early Technical Memos
- Freight Plan Steering Committee Meeting
Fall 2009 -
- Freight Plan Steering Committee Meeting
- Writing of the first draft of the Freight Plan
- Working Group Meetings as needed for focused topical review or advice
Winter 2010 -
- Continue writing First Draft of Freight Plan
- Freight Plan Steering Committee Meeting(s)
Spring 2010 -
- Fright Plan Steering Committee Meeting
- Review of Draft Freight Plan
- Start of Public Review of Draft Freight Plan
The Oregon Transportation Commission will be updated through briefings and staff reports at key points in the development of the Freight Plan, leading up to the adoption of the plan. In addition to the OTC, there are many organizations, agencies, and other groups that will be interested in the development of the Freight Plan. Throughout the development process ODOT will provide status
update material to the public and various stakeholder groups. The Oregon Freight Advisory Committee (OFAC) will discuss updates of the status of the Freight Plan at its quarterly meetings.
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