BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT AND TRAFFIC EVALUATION STUDY OF BARGE NAVIGATION ON THE BRAZOS RIVER

Contents: River navigation in the United States; The Brazos River traffic area; Historic traffic flows in the Brazos River area; Opportunities for new and expanded industry, mining, and agriculture as a result of availability of barge service on the Brazos River; Estimates of probable traffic flows diverted to the Brazos River; Direct impacts of navigability of the Brazos River; Estimated annual revenues from tolls and/or use charges for Brazos River waterway; Overall economic impact of Brazos navigation system; Environmental considerations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Economic and Industrial Research, Inc., Baton Rouge, La.
• Corporate Authors:

  Brazos River Authority

  Waco, TX  United States 

  Economic and Industrial Research, Incorporated

  Baton Rouge, LA  United States 

  Economic Development Administration

  14th Street, Between E St and Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 317 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Barges; Bulk cargo; Costs; Economic development; Economic impacts; Freight transportation; Grain elevators; Industries; Mining; Revenues; Rivers; Ship pilotage; Taxes; Technical assistance; Trade; User charges; Water traffic; Water transportation; Waterways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation costs
• Geographic Terms: Brazos River; Texas
• Old TRIS Terms: Barge traffic; Cargo transportation; River navigation; River traffic; Waterway transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167233
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EDA-77-0110
• Contract Numbers: EDA-08-6-01539
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1978 12:00AM