Studies: Cates Landing

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Cover and Contents (pdf)

Executive Summary (pdf)

I. Introduction (pdf)

• I.a. Study Area
• I.b. Project Background: NWTRP at Cates Landing
• I.b.i. History
• I.b.ii. Proposed Improvement
• I.c. Study Goals and Research Questions

II. Study Region at a Glance: Indicators of Socioeconomic Distress (pdf)

• II.a. Employment and Unemployment
• II.b. Population Growth
• II.c. Income
• II.d. Poverty

III. Conceptual Framework, Assumptions, and Data (pdf)

• III.a. Cargo Volume and Economic Impact
• III.b. Benefit-Cost Analysis
• III.c. Assumptions and Data
• III.c.i. Construction
• III.c.ii. The Port and Industrial Park
• III.c.iii. Industry Relocation Assumptions
• III.c.iv. Basic Cargo Assumptions and Data
• III.c.v. Transportation Cost-Saving Assumptions

IV. Findings (pdf)

• IV.a. Benefit-Cost Analysis
• IV.b. Economic Impact Analysis
• IV.b.i. Port and Industrial Park: Construction and Operation
• IV.b.ii. What-If Scenario: Steel Mill Construction and Operation
• IV.c. Related Jobs
• IV.c.i. Recent Layoffs
• IV.c.ii. Export Dependency

V. Implications of Proposed Investment for the Regional Economy: Indicators of Distress Revisited (pdf)

• V.a. Wages
• V.b. Unemployment
• V.c. Income
• V.d. Poverty

VI. Conclusion (pdf)

VII. Works Consulted and Data Sources (pdf)

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