Lacolle/Champlain Border Zone Rehabilitation Project Benoit Cayouette Minist

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Lacolle/Champlain Border Zone Rehabilitation
ProjectBenoit CayouetteMinistère des
transports du QuébecandGerard CioffiNew York
State Department of Transportation

• Presented to
• Transportation Border Working Group
• June 11,2003

New York State Department of Transportation
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Overview

• Background
• Issues and Challenges
• Partnerships
• Infrastructure Activities
• Long Term
• Short Term
• Technology Activities
• I-87/Autoroute 15 Corridor Study
• Conclusions

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Agreed statement

• Border transportation is about
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• Security and economic activity
• Must be addressed in tandem

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Regional Map
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Lacolle/Champlain Border Crossing

• An important border crossing point for the
  economic activities of Québec and Northeastern
  part of United States
• A steady growth of volume since 1990
• Efficiency is the key to maintain this important
  link for economic trade

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Transborder trucking characteristics
A highly competitive industry

• Considered as the most flexible transportation
  system
• Enough trucks and carriers to answer the demand
• Fair competition results in a fair price for
  clients
• Well adapted to  just in time  delivery system
• Flexible route on a well developed road network

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Transborder trucking characteristics
A fragile industry

• Trucking is particularly sensitive to external
  environment such as
• Variation of fuel cost (represents up to 30 of
  expenses)
• Various kinds of non planned delays have
  immediate impact on profits
• Complexity to apply all the different standards
  and regulations
• Lack of drivers

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Trucking A strategic activity

• There would be serious consequences if trucks
  were to stop delivering, for example
• Drivers strike at Port of Montréal in 2000
• Delays following September 11

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Border Crossing Issues

• Problems
• Traffic congestion
• Safety
• Causes
• Inadequate infrastructure
• Roadways
• Inspection facilities
• More rigorous inspection processes

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Challenges

• Find the right balance between security, safety
  and traffic operations
• Coordinate activities of myriad agencies
• Infrastructure improvements for immediate and
  future needs
• More effective and efficient inspection processes
• MTQ and NYSDOT have taken on the challenge
• Team effort
• Establish links among stakeholders

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Quebec New York Partnership

• Premier and Governor Meetings
• May 2002 Economic Summit
• MTQ Minister and NYSDOT Commissioner Meetings
• MTQ/NYSDOT Interagency Working Group
• Infrastructure
• Commercial Vehicle Operations

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Additional Partners and Stakeholders

• Federal Highway Administration, General Services
  Administration and Department of Homeland
  Security
• Transport Canada and Canadian Customs and Revenue
  Agency
• New York State Police and SAAQ
• Québec and New York Chambers of Commerce
• Shippers, brokers and trucking associations

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Champlain Lacolle SB Operations
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Champlain Lacolle NB Operations
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Early Actions

• License Plate Readers
• Variable Message Signs in Plaza
• Queue-End Warning System
• CCTV
• Traffic Detectors
• VMS on Approaches
• Infrastructure

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Long Term Actions

• State-Of-The-Art Border Station
• Infrastructure
• Smart Border Elements
• ITS and CVO Elements
• 75 M (CAN) for infrastructure improvements along
  Autoroute 15
• I-87/Autoroute 15 Corridor Study
• Multi-Modal
• Infrastructure
• High Tech Corridor

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Current Champlain Design
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Current Lacolle Design
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Short Term Actions

• NEXUS and FAST Booths
• Approach Lanes
• Signing

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Champlain-Lacolle SB Improvements
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ChamplainLacolle NB Improvements
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Wave of the Future Use of technologies

• We are observing the following
• Growth in
• Level of controls performed on trucks
• Resources dedicated to perform these controls
• Saturation of
• Highway infrastructures
• Capacity for processing all the needed controls
• Number of people available due to financial
  capacity

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Wave of the FutureUse of technologies

• Solution
• technologies

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Use of technologies
Two main observations

• Technologies are available
• Culture and state of mind to review

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Example of technologies implementation

• Implementation of truck safety inspection
  facilities at Lacolle and Champlain
• In accordance with one-stop-shop concept
• Trucks are checked before using the road network,
  preventing incidents
• Establishes reciprocity between Québec and New
  York facilities

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Example of technologies implementation

• Without technologies, implementation of truck
  inspection facilities at the Plaza would have a
  negative impact on traffic by increasing delays
• The solution
• control based performances on risk management for
  the minority of carriers.
• use of the proper technologies to preselect
  potential offenders

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Example of pre selection model
Theortical model (not to scale)
Custom facilities
Weight in motion scale
captor
W I M
Antenne 3 Compliance reader
VMS
Caméra
VMS
Caméra
Stay in right lane
Weight station
Antenna 2 Advanced reader
Antenna 1 Advanced reader
Antenne 4 Static scale reader
Approach reader group
EMVVariable message signage
Truck inspection facilities
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I87/A15 Multimodal Corridor Study
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I87/A15 Corridor Study Purpose

• Provide a comprehensive, multi-modal assessment
• Identify corridor issues and emerging
  opportunities
• Build on strengths of existing transportation
  network to maximize the efficient movement of
  people and goods
• Develop Smart/High Tech Corridor
• Maximize the potential for continued economic
  development and expansion

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Study Effort

• Commenced March 2003
• Twelve month effort
• Primary efforts
• Progress at three levels big picture, corridor
  wide, refinements
• Key corridor issues and opportunities
• Refined project area study elements
• Improvement strategies
• High speed rail pre-feasibility study

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Conclusions

• Need to balance security, safety and fluidity
• Growth in trade will continue to pose a challenge
  
• Infrastructure improvements remain vital to
  effort
• Technologies need to be part of the solution

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Conclusions

• Success mandates a collaborative process among
  all stakeholders
• More effective and efficient inspection processes
  
• Flexible protocol for sharing information
• Above all, culture change is required