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Five Year Development Perspective

The intent of the Ohio River & Tributaries Navigation System Five Year Development Perspective (FYDP) is to provide a cohesive major Navigation system analysis for at least 5 years to accomplish these objectives:

  • Provide cohesive Navigation System development needs
  • Concisely describe system develpment needs focused on achieving reliability
  • Evaluate optimum system funding needs
  • Facilitate stakeholders' involvement and participation

The Ohio River & Tributaries Navigation System currently has several objectives for improving the system’s reliability and efficiency. Key goals for system reliability and efficiency proposed with the optimum program are based on the key objectives listed below for construction, maintenance, and investigations. The objectives listed below are proposed to achieve the Acceptable Level of Performance Reliability.

Construction Optimum Objectives:

  1. Complete Robert C. Byrd lock construction in FY07.
  2. Start JT Myers Lock Extension effectively in FY07.
  3. Start Greenup Lock Extension effectively in FY07 (PED completes in FY07).
  4. Complete Winfield lock construction in FY08.
  5. Complete McAlpine lock construction in FY08.
  6. Complete Marmet lock construction in FY09.
  7. Start JT Myers Dam major rehabilitation effectively in FY09.
  8. Complete Emsworth rehabilitation in FY11.
  9. Complete Kentucky lock addition in FY12.
  10. Complete Chickamauga Replacement Lock construction in FY12.
  11. Complete Olmsted Lock and Dam construction in FY13.
  12. Complete Lower Mon 2, 3, and 4 construction in FY16.

 

The maintenance program goal is to reach the Acceptable Level of Performance Reliability for the Navigation system.  For the entire Navigation system, Performance Reliability Standards have been established, assigned to each project in the system, and each project site has been assessed to determine the current Level of Reliability Performance.  Performance Reliability Standards use ratings "A" through "F" to categorize the highest to lowest reliability levels.  Projects with highest economic value to the Nation are rated "A".



Maintenance Optimum Objectives:

1. Improve reliability of 37    project sites currently below Acceptable Performance.

2. Improve reliability of 10    project sites currently below Acceptable Performance.

3. Improve reliability of 3      project sites currently below Acceptable Performance.

Investigations objectives to support the long term reliability and efficiency objectives include the following:

 

Investigations Optimum Objectives:

  1. Complete Ohio River Mainstem Study (ORMSS) in FY06.
  2. Implement Waterways Valuation and Risk Assessment in FY07 (O&M Funded).
  3. Continue Upper Ohio Navigation Study (Emsworth, Dashields, and Montgomery) for completion in FY10.
  4. StartTennessee-Cumberland RiverSystems Study in FY07.
  5. Start Kentucky River Locks 1-4 Disposition Study in FY08.

DISCLAIMER:

This document was prepared as an approximation of anticipated needs on the Ohio River and Tributaries to support the navigation mission at an optimal level. This document is intended to serve as a prototype for use in generating interest and communication among stakeholders. Cost estimates and project projections shown in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Five Year Development Perspective (FYDP) reflect technical assessments of future funding needs to achieve reliability and efficiency in the Navigation systems. The project financial and schedule information provided in the FYDP are estimates only and do not represent future years' President's Budget amounts or commitments. It is not in any way intended to be a budgetary document of any sort. Nor is it intended to imply any commitment on the part of the Administration or Congress to provide funding at the approximated levels depicted in this report.