MBA 500 NE Ohio Case Study by:

Kayvin RobertsonMatt BowmanMelanie Chellman JeffersJohn Bacha

Executive Summary

What is the Innerbelt study?

Why should you care?

Project Background

Project planning began in 1999

2007 ODOT inspection call

131,000

Key Players

Ohio Department of Transportation

City of Cleveland Business Community Commuters

Critical Events

I-35 collapse Aging bridge with

finite life span Three C’s Need for interstate

commerce

Where do things stand today?

15 days behind Westbound bridge set

to open Fall 2013 Eastbound bridge work

set to start 2014 Eastbound bridge

completion set for 2016

Legal/Political Impact

ARRA of 2009 (stimulus) Battle over funds ODOT in $1.6B budget hole Kasich vs. Jackson

Fiscal/Economic Impact

• Westbound Bridge - $287.4M

• Eastbound Bridge - $317M

• No federal/ODOT funds until 2016

• 5 more sections of “Innerbelt Plan”

• Known operating costs $13.3M to 2013

• 5-year fix = $65M• 10-year fix > $89M• Total rehab ~ $200M• Estimated congestion costs =

$100M/year• Modeled savings benefits of

$15.6B

Social/Environmental Impact

Decrease sewage overflow & runoff

Green bulkheads Sustainability plan Peregrine falcons

Opposition & Controversy

Politics Schedule Payment Fundraising

Final Thoughts

Questions?

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East." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 11 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/08/inner_belt_bridge_lanes_to_reo.html>.

ODOT. "Innerbelt Bridge Lanes/Ramps Reopened Today." Ohio Department of Transportation. N.p., 25 Nov. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D12/Deputy%20Director/News/Pages/InnerbeltBridgeLanesRampsReopenedToday.aspx>.

Breckenridge, Tom. "Inner Belt Bridge Construction Begins as Massive Supports Are Hammered into Bedrock." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 30 Mar. 2011. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/inner_belt_bridge_construction_3.html>.

Sources TSA. "Highway Motor Carrier Branch." Transportation Security

Administration. N.p., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.tsa.gov/stakeholders/highway-motor-carrier-branch>.

Breckenridge, Tom. "New Inner Belt Bridge Is 15 Days behind Schedule, with Dicier Weather on the Way." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 3 Oct. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/10/new_inner_belt_bridge_is_15_da.html>.

Palmer, Michael Cooper And Griff. "Cities Lose Out On Road Funds From Stimulus." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 July 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09projects.html?_r=0>.

Sources "Recovery.gov - Track the Money." Recipient Projects. N.p., 19 Sept.

2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecoveryData/Pages/RecipientReportedDataMap.aspx?stateCode=OH>.

"Kasich Announces Innovative Funding Plan for Innerbelt Bridge in Cleveland." Ohio Department of Transportation. N.p., 23 Aug. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.dot.state.oh.us/news/Pages/Kasich-Announces-Innovative-Funding-Plan-for-Innerbelt-Bridge-in-Cleveland.aspx>.

Breckenridge, Tom. "Gov. John Kasich, ODOT Have Plan to Keep Cleveland's Second Inner Belt Bridge on Track." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 24 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/08/ohio_has_plan_to_build_clevela.html>.

Sources "ODOT - Innerbelt Bridge Project." Ohio Department of Transportation.

N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/ClevelandUrbanCoreProjects/Innerbelt/InnerbeltBridge/Pages/default.aspx>.