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New Haven Port Authority Traffic Study

2019 Report

The New Haven Port Authority (NHPA) proposes to conduct a traffic study of the Port District within the City of New Haven to understand traffic impacts associated with the vehicular movements serving the various port facilities.
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New Haven Port Authority Annual Report

2019 Annual Report

Strategic Land Use Plan

land use collage The City of New Haven, in cooperation with the New Haven Port Authority, engaged PB Americas, Inc. (formerly know as Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.) to prepare this Strategic Land Use Plan for the Port of New Haven, Connecticut. This report is among the first assignments of the Port Authority, which was established in 2003 to enhance the economic competitiveness of the port community.

Land use is seen as a central pathway to economic development and this report sets forth an analysis of the existing and contemplated operations for the Port of New Haven with particular emphasis on the associated land use issues which need to be incorporated in the planning and management of the Port’s growth. Successful treatment of these issues will require a close and sustained working relationship between the Port

Authority and the port terminals, as represented in the New Haven Petroleum Cooperative, and the City of New Haven.

Five Key Actions are identified from among 30 recommendations set forth in this Plan, as follows:

Expand the Land Available for Port-Related Activities
Develop a Marketing Program for the Port
Improve the Transportation Network within the Port
Formulate a Plan for Dredging of the Harbor Channel
Program Growth and Future Operations in Environmentally Positive Ways

These Key Actions were developed so as to relate directly to the objectives previously set forth in the Port Authority’s 2006 Work Plan. The specifics of these relationships are discussed at the beginning of the section of this Plan entitled “Strategies for Future Development”. Many of the recommendations are intertwined, particularly as concerns improvements to the facilities which can contribute positively to both the day-to-day operations as well as to the long term marketability of the Port’s services.

Strategic Land Use Plan

New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Study

The US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, has been conducting a feasibility study and Environmental Impact Statement to examine navigation improvements to the existing New Haven Harbor Federal Navigation project. The USACE has been involved since July 31, of 2007 and is continuing to help expand the Port of New Haven. The expansion project will deepen the harbor channel, bringing the mean lower low water (MLLW) depth to 42 feet from 35 feet. Along with an increase in the depth, the width of the channel entrance will be widened from 500 feet to 550 feet as well a widening and deepening of the turnaround area, creating easier access to the port terminals. The dangerous bend in the channel will also be widened in order for safer transits into port. Once this process is complete, New Haven will become a more desirable port of call. Vessels will no longer have to lighter or wait for the right tide outside of the harbor in order to reach their destination.

More information on the deepening project

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