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AT: Elections DA—No LinkLow awareness of ports but people understand its importanceFox 9 – Karen Fox is the North Carolina State Ports Authority conducting an awareness survey for the AAPA PR Seminar, 2009 (“North Carolina Has Ports?: Ports Awareness Survey – A Work in Progress,” North Carolina Ports, June 23rd 2009, http://aapa.files.cms plus.com/SeminarPresentations/2009Seminars/2009PublicRelations/Fox_Karen.pdf) What we learned¶ People understand very little about ports’ mission, but seem to have ¶ inherent sense ports are important part of State’s infrastructure¶ When public learns more about ports mission, they like what they¶ hear¶ Job benefits are number one driver for support of ports¶ Having port operation sensitive to environment is very important¶ Battling environment and jobs for most positive reaction was ¶ competitiveness AT: Politics—ThumperObama committed to port deepeningSmith 7/19 (Bruce, "Charleston studies expedited, money still needed," 7/19/12, http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SC_CHARLESTON_HARBOR_DEEPENING_FLOL-?SITE=FLPAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) CS CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Designating the Charleston Harbor deepening as a nationally significant project could trim a couple years off the work, but U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that still depends on getting the money. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said last week that expedited studies could mean the project will be completed in 2020, instead of 2024 as originally projected. The Obama Administration announced Wednesday evening that Charleston and four other harbor projects have been designated national significant projects and needed federal reviews and studies will be expedited. That means the work could now be completed by 2019. Maritime interests want the harbor deepened to 50 feet to accommodate a new generation of larger container ships that will be calling when the Panama Canal is deepened in 2014. The president issued an executive order in March to have the Office of Management and Budget oversee efforts to smooth the permitting and review process for infrastructure projects. Jim Newsome, the president and CEO of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, said the announcement "demonstrates that the highest levels of our government understand the critical need to advance this project." In two years, he said, the Charleston project has gone from not being included in the president's budget to being a national priority. Two of the projects designated as nationally significant under the federal We Can't Wait program to improve infrastructure are harbor projects in Miami and Jacksonville, both in the key election state of Florida where President Barack Obama visited Thursday. Obama committedDredging Today 7/19 ("President Names Charleston Deepening to Priority Project (USA)," 7/19/12, http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/07/19/president-names-charleston-deepening-to-priority-infrastructure-project-usa/) CS The President of the United States has named Charleston’s Post 45 Harbor Deepening Project one of the nation’s seven priority infrastructure projects, committing that the project’s study and necessary reviews will be completed by September 2015. The initial list of projects, which is part of the Administration’s We Can’t Wait initiative, is targeted to expedite the most critical infrastructure projects in the country. Charleston’s harbor deepening is one of seven projects in five ports included in the initiative, which was announced by The White House Wednesday evening. The news builds upon last week’s update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Charleston District announcing a reduced timeline and cost estimate for Charleston’s feasibility study. Under the new Administration program, the study and federal reviews now will be further expedited and will be completed up to one year earlier. “This announcement represents more good news for our deepening project, and demonstrates that the highest levels of our government understand the critical need to advance this project,” said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). “In just two years, we have gone from not being included in the President’s Budget to now being a top priority. We are grateful for the Administration’s commitment.” We Can’t Wait is a direct result of a Presidential Executive Order issued in March, which called for a government-wide effort to streamline the permitting and review process for vital infrastructure projects in communities across the nation. The SCPA, along with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Congressman Jim Clyburn and Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, in April sent letters to the Administration and members of the steering committee charged with this initiative, asking that they include Charleston’s Post 45 Project in their priority infrastructure list. The steering committee, comprised of leadership of the U.S. Army as well as the federal departments of Transportation, Commerce and Agriculture, participated in the selection process. “This priority infrastructure program is a natural extension of the Obama Administration’s export initiative,” Newsome said. “There is clearly a recognition that in order to double the nation’s exports – which are primarily sourced from the Southeast region – a port in this region must be deepened to at least 50 feet to accommodate the largest ships expected to call our coast without tidal restriction. We anticipate a favorable cost-to-benefit ratio in the Chief’s Report allowing for a true post-Panamax harbor allowing for two-way vessel traffic.” A report to Congress released last month by the Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources indicated that modernizing Southeast and Gulf ports was most critical to serving the nation’s export needs over the coming years. In February, the Obama Administration included $3.5 million toward the project’s feasibility study in the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2013. The deepening of Charleston Harbor to 50 feet is predicted to provide significant economic benefit to the Southeast region and the entire nation, with $106 million in net benefit to the nation estimated on an annual basis. Non-uniques spendingDonnelly 7/20 (Frank, "White House says work to deepen NY Harbor shipping channels will be speeded up," 7/20/12, http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/white_house_says_work_to_deepe.html) CS STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Obama Administration said the deepening of the Port of New York and New Jersey, along with projects at four other ports, is nationally significant and it is expediting the work. The White House released a statement saying the dredging will be speeded up under the federal "We Can't Wait" program. The other ports are Charleston, S.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Miami, and Savannah, Ga. The work coincides with massive improvements to the Panama Canal, whose capacity will be doubled. That will allow the passage to handle larger vessels carrying increased cargo in 2014. As a result, the Port of New York and New Jersey and ports around the nation are deepening their shipping channels to accommodate the super container ships. The administration says additional projects to be expedited will be announced in the coming months. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has deepened most of the 38 miles of underwater shipping channels around New York Harbor to the 50-foot depth necessary to accept the huge "Panamax" ships. The Arthur Kill channel approaching New York Container Terminal has yet to be finished, but that dredging is slated for completion by 2013, said officials. The project costs about $2 billion. That's in addition to a $1 billion plan to raise the Bayonne Bridge. Starting in summer 2013, crews will begin building a new elevated roadway 64 feet above the existing deck. Workers are currently stripping lead paint off the 80-year-old span. The lower roadway will be removed once the upper deck is completed. At that point, the roadway will be 215 feet above the Kill van Kull. 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