Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Plan aims to lower overall transportation system costs by providing improved modal connectivity points between road, rail and river for local businesses. Specifically, the Eight County Freight Plan found that the waterway system is an undersized resource for our Region. While the Region is bisected by the Mississippi River, the Eight County Freight Study found that local businesses use the waterway for shipping less than peer regions across this US. This could be due to historic river use dominated by coal and other bulk commodities shipping that have waned in recent years, or a lack of handling capacities (equipment and services) at local port facilities that do not align with local production and shipping needs. DATA COLLECTION/INVENTORY Inventory all existing freight data that is available. Data sources will include free and readily available resources including the following: A. Regional Transportation Improvement Plan B. Regional, County and Municipal Land Use Plans C. State Freight Plans D. Eight County Freight Plan E. Freight Projections F. Freight Origin/Destination Studies G. Regional Census Data Acquire any remaining freight data needed for the study. The data will need to be assembled and compiled is as follows: 5.1.1. Logistics Industry • Employment • Number of logistics provider establishments • Total sales from the logistics providers (value of the industry) • Map of core, related, and support logistics providers by employment size • Educational institutions that have a focus/curriculum in logistics (to support the industry) 5.1.2. Land use data • Locations of warehouse and distribution centers • Locations of major retailers • Locations of major port‐dependent industry • Locations of major terminals 5.1.3. Trend analysis of historic /projected data relating to: • Number of logistics provider establishments (past 20 years) • Statewide truck tonnage 20-year projections (import, export, though, intrastate) • Statewide rail tonnage 20-year projections (import, export, though, intrastate) • Container Throughput at Port in twenty-foot equivalent (TEU)s (past 20 years) • Projected Port Capacity and Throughput (next 20 years)