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16010.8
MOBILITY
Goal M2:
Maximize vessel mobility within ports
and
waterways.
FY99
Target: Maintain navigation aid availability at 99.7%.
Measure:
Aid station days - discrepancy days/aid station days.
Measurement
Issues: Interim
measure
-
outcome
measure
to be developed.
Aid availability is a
measure
of the
maintenance
of established aids to
navigation. It
measures
program
effort, reliability of equipment,
and
personnel performance. This
measure
tends to overstate the discrepancy
time of the aids to navigation system: a single aid outage usually
does
not
degrade
a waterway's entire aid
system
and
vessels are still able to
transit normally.
Complete
system
outages
are rare,
and
usually result
from severe weather incidents
such
as hurricanes. While aid availability
is not a true
outcome
measure,
it
does
bear on the level of mobility
through navigable waterways. Future
measures
may
center
more
directly on
movement
of
commerce,
or accident prevention.
Confidence
in
measure
is
moderate.
Causal
Factors to be
Addressed:
Aid to navigation outage or out of position.
Vessel allisions with aids.
Poor channel markings.
Obstruction in waterway.
Strategies to Achieve Target:
Ongoing
Strategies:
Coordinate with other
agencies
and
industry
groups
such
as the
Interagency
Committee
for
Waterways
Management
to
encourage
joint
problem
solving.
Use
research
and
development
to improve
waterways
management,
including
the computerized
Waterways
Evaluation Tool
(WET)
and
other projects for
establishing the appropriate mix of navigation systems.
Establish
improved
navigation
marks
for mobility
and
safety in locations
of need.
Develop
the annual Federal Radionavigation Plan for the effective
management
of all federal radiaonavigation systems.
New
Strategies:
Commence projects to install, replace,
and
realign navigation aids in
coordination with
Corps
of
Engineers
channel dredging projects.
Highlights:
Chesapeake
Bay,
and
the
Houston
Ship Channel.
Pursue
regulatory activity to improve the aids to navigation
system
by
consolidating
and
eliminating differences
between
the Uniform State
Waterway
Marking
System
and
the U.S. Aids to Navigation System.
Efficiency Strategies:
Replace
the aging buoy tender fleet with
new
vessels, providing
essential navigation services with less resources by leveraging
technology.
Buoy
tenders maintain aid to navigation infrastructure
which
minimizes
accidents
such
as collisions
and
groundings.
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