NASHVILLE DISTRICT UPDATE TRVA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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1 NASHVILLE DISTRICT UPDATE TRVA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1 LTC Cullen A. Jones, P.E., PMP Nashville District Commander Great Lakes and Ohio River Division US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 10 October 2017 The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.

2 NASHVILLE DISTRICT RIVER BASINS AND BOUNDARIES 2 Est ,175 navigable river miles (10.5% of USACE Inland Waterways) 29% of Ohio River basin 14 navigation lock projects = 47,000+ annual lockages Home of Regional Light Fleet Working together to protect people from water, to protect water from people, and to make water useful!

3 KY LOCK PROJECT OVERVIEW 3 USACE IWTF Priority #3 Est Completion Date of 2024 (~35% complete) Total Project Estimated Cost: $1.254B ($511M received to date) Avg of 26.5M tons transited annually from Lock Size - Doubles (1,200 ft vs 600 ft) Lock Capacity Almost doubles (15 vs 9 barges) Wait Time: 8-10 hrs to almost 0 when complete NASA Delta IV Rocket

4 4 KEY EVENTS IN LAST YEAR New Total Project Cost Estimate From $875M To $1.254B (FY18 price level for 2024 completion date) Progress on Downstream Cofferdam Completion Upstream Lock Monoliths

5 3D RENDERING DS COFFERDAM LIFT-IN ARRANGEMENT 5

6 3D RENDERING DS COFFERDAM LIFT-IN ARRANGEMENT 6 Existing Lock Wall Flow

7 3D RENDERING DS COFFERDAM LIFT-IN ARRANGEMENT 1. Set Spuds 2. Place Sandbags 3. Place Tremie Concrete 4. Dewater 7

8 CHICKAMAUGA LOCK REPLACEMENT 8 USACE IWTF Priority #4 Estimated Completion Date: 2024 (26% complete) Total Project Cost Estimate: $760M ($258.7M received to date) Continued degradation of the existing lock necessitates the replacement lock s construction. Most active lock on the Tennessee River for recreational vessels (3,085 vessel lockages in 2016). Est commercial transit time reduction by 80%. Size: 110 ft x 600 ft (vs current 60 ft x 360 ft) Capacity: Will pass 9 barges per lockage (vs current 1 barge).

9 KEY EVENTS OVER LAST YEAR Site visit by the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the ASA (CW) in Feb Progress on Lock Excavation contract Awarded $240M Lock Chamber contract on 28 Sept

10 FUTURE FUNDING PROSPECTS FOR KENTUCKY AND CHICKAMAUGA LOCKS Conversations with Representatives and staff in DC week of 25 September Strong support for Chickamauga to receive additional funding (efficient funding amount in FY18 is $78M) Pleased with progress made on both project with available FY17 funds. 10 Kentucky and Chickamauga Locks: Inland Waterways Trust Fund priorities number 3 and 4, respectively Not Budget Eligible (total BCR s are below OMB s 2.5 threshold at 7%) Funded through Funding Pots in recent years Received their efficient funding requests in FY17 Inland Waterways Trust Fund: Continues to be a funding bottleneck. Revenues are not sufficient to fund four ongoing IWTF construction projects at their efficient funding levels. Both the House and Senate mark-ups for FY18 included significant funding amounts in the navigation funding pots

11 CHANGES ON THE RIVERS FOR NAVIGATION Commodity movements Sand Refined Petroleum 11

12 SAND MINING ON OHIO RIVER

13 Pictures??? SAND MINING ON OHIO RIVER

14 NASHVILLE S APPETITE FOR CONCRETE 1 MAR 2017 DOWNTOWN TOWER CRANES M tons per year equates to 160, wheel trucks

15 CHANGES IN REFINED PETROLEUM COLONIAL PIPELINE 15 8 and 10 Pipes to Nashville 3 cents per gallon pipeline cost from Gulf to Nashville Two 36 Mainline Pipes

16 NASHVILLE PETROLEUM TREND 16 Middle TN Market Share by Barge Gasoline and Ethanol CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017* <2% 2-10% 10-20% >25% Diesel Middle TN Tons by Barge CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017* <150K tons <150K tons >200K tons >350K tons *Values extrapolated based on data through September 2017.

17 17 PETROLEUM DOCKS IN NASHVILLE Marathon Legacy Dock Marathon New Dock Online Dec 2016 ExxonMobil online 2015(?) after May 2010 Flood Damage Downtown Nashville

18 MV FINDLAY CONTINUOUS LOOP 18 Typically pushes 5M Gallons to Nashville 5 day round trip Keeps 40K to 50K 18 wheel tanker trucks off highways each year.

19 BUILDING STRONG