main entrance. An overpass is being designed to
allow for a rail spur to connect Southport and a
proposed intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF).
The project, backed by $45.7 million in state funding, is
due to see a construction start by 2010.
FDOT also is moving forward toward 2008 completion
of a new on-ramp from westbound Eller Drive to
southbound U.S. 1, allowing a direct connection for traffic
traveling between the cruise areas of Port Everglades'
Midport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport. Port Everglades provided $600,000 toward
right-of-way acquisition to facilitate the $8 million project.
Future plans include development of a joint multi-use
facility for Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale-
Hollywood International Airport on a recently
purchased 18-acre tract at U.S. 1 and I-595. The
property is being considered for joint administrative
offices and a public works facility. The multi-use
facility will help both the seaport and airport meet
synergistic needs for years to come.
The already-unique synergy between Port Everglades
and neighboring Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport will be further enhanced through a future
intermodal center and people mover project. The project,
known as SunPort, would ease the transport of cruise
passengers within and between the seaport and airport
while relieving roadway congestion. The consultant firm of
Lea+Elliott is continuing to conduct a project development
and environmental study.
As the shipping industry relies upon increasingly larger
vessels, Port Everglades is continuing to work with
the Army Corps of Engineers on a study to deepen and
widen waterways throughout the Port. A Feasibility
Study being conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers is expected to recommend many navigational
improvements throughout Port Everglades. The Feasibility
Study includes investigating numerous navigational
enhancements, including widening and deepening the outer
and inner entrance channels, the Main Turning Basin, and
the Southport Access Channel and Turning Notch. Also
being considered is a new turning facility at the confluence
of the Dania Cutoff Canal and the Intracoastal Waterway,
as well as improvements to the Dania Cutoff Canal.
The Corps of Engineers anticipates completion of its
Environmental Impact Statement report within the next
year. The Port received nearly $2.5 million of $15 million
in reimbursements from the Army Corps of Engineers
for previous Southport dredging activities and is looking
to various sources for funding for the long-term channel
dredging project.
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cido como Puerto del Sol, dará mayor velocidad y
eficiencia al flujo de pasajeros entre ambas instalaciones.
La firma consultora Lea+Elliott esta conduciendo un proyecto
de desarrollo y estudio ambiental.
Debido a que la industria del transporte marítimo depende
cada vez más de buques grandes, el Puerto de Everglades continúa
trabajando con el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército en la
realización de un estudio para ampliar y profundizar los canales.
Se anticipa que el estudio de factibilidad que se esta llevando a
cabo por el Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército recomiende varias
mejoras a nivel de navegación a lo largo del Puerto de Everglades.
El estudio de factibilidad incluye la investigación de varias mejoras
de navegación, entre las cuales se encuentra la ampliación y
profundización de los canales de entrada internos y externos, la
ciaboga, el canal de acceso del Puerto Sur y el corte de giro. De
igual manera, se está considerando una nueva instalación de giro
en la intersección del Canal de Dania Cutoff y la Vía Acuática
Intracostera, así como mejoras en el Canal de Dania Cutoff.
El Cuerpo de Ingenieros espera concluir el informe sobre el
impacto al medio ambiente en el próximo año. El puerto recibió
cerca de $2.5 de un total $15 millones en reembolsos por parte
del Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército por trabajos anteriores de
dragado en el Puerto Sur y tiene en la mira varios patrocinantes
para financiar el proyecto de dragado del canal a largo plazo.
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