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USDOT RAISE Grant
LORDSTOWN Application Narrative
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
July 2021
LORDSTOWN TABLE OF CONTENTS
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2
PROJECT LOCATION 5
GRANT FUNDS, SOURCES & USES 8
SELECTION CRITERIA 10
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK REVIEW 25
BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS 29
CONCLUSION 30
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Supplemental materials to the application are available at:
https://eastgatecog.org/smartlogisticshub/
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Application Narrative
LORDSTOWN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is an innovative, strategic initiative to capitalize on Lordstown’s
location at the intersection of multiple modes of transportation, broadband, and electrification and
position the area as the premier regional warehousing and distribution hub. Phase 1 includes:
• A transfer yard for triple trailers at the Ohio Turnpike Lordstown interchange
• Solar powered electric vehicle charging stations providing clean energy power source
• “Smart Corridor” broadband along local freight routes to serve automated and connected trucks
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located along the Trumbull County-Mahoning County border in rural Eastern Ohio
Appalachia with access to the Ohio Turnpike (I-80), I-76, and the CSX National Gateway, proximate to
high speed fiber optic connections, and 3,000 acres of shovel ready sites.
GRANT FUNDS: SOURCES & USES
The total project cost is $5,093,787. The RAISE funding request is $3,993,787. As project sponser
Eastgate is committing a 21.6% non-federal match of $1,100,000 to the project.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The project advances each of the RAISE Selection Criteria:
Safety State of Environ- Quality of Innovation
Economic Partnership
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Equitable Outcomes: The project will expand employment opportunities for low income and minority
populations in the urban cores of Youngstown and Warren and eastern Ohio Appalachia.
Climate Change Mitigation: Solar powered EV charging stations will improve air quality and reduce
toxic emissions while helping reestablish the US as the global leader in climate change mitigation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK REVIEW
The project is low risk and repurposes existing underutilized roadway corridors (4 lanes, ADT
LORDSTOWN PROJECT DESCRIPTION
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
PROBLEM STATEMENT
With a premier location at the crossroads of two major interstate east-west freight routes and the CSX
National Gateway, Lordstown is strategically positioned to capitalize on not only superior transportation
infrastructure but also on a 940-MW electric power plant and the Ohio Turnpike’s high-speed fiber
optic line. All Lordstown lacks to become a premier logistics hub is a sustainable vehicle electrification
technologically advanced freight infrastructure adjacent to its highway and rail connections.
With the addition of smart mobility enhancements to its last-mile freight connections, Lordstown will be
fully empowered to serve as the leading electrified regional logistics hub for Midwestern rural markets
to the west and Appalachian rural markets to the east. As America responds to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the need for resilient supply chains, particularly for traditionally underresourced rural markets, has only
intensified. The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will address these problems and not only enhance rural
supply chains, but also accelerate the EDA’s federal investment in the ongoing economic recovery of
Eastern Ohio’s Mahoning Valley region as it rebrands itself as the new “Voltage Valley.”
Mahoning Valley Timeline: Resiliency & Innovation
LEGACY OF ECONOMIC SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!
MANUFACTURING DECLINE ONGOING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The new
A rich history in Global market forces
Voltage
industry... require innovation...
Valley rises
GM Lordstown Plant stronger!
GM Lordstown Plant
employees peak of 12,000 Ultium LLC
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Energy
Center opens
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LORDSTOWN PROJECT DESCRIPTION
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
THE SOLUTION
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will facilitate the region’s ongoing economic recovery through
targeted investments in freight transfer and smart logistics that capitalize on electric, connected, and
automated technologies to position Lordstown as the Mahoning Valley’s premier transportation and
logistics hub. The project will create high-quality jobs, improve safety, protect our environment,
and generate equitable economic opportunity through investments in emerging smart mobility
technologies that will spark private investment at 3,000 acres of available shovel ready sites primed for
logistics and distribution.
NORTH Lake Erie: Port of Ashtabula | 68 miles
ELECTRIC POWER INNOVATION
Pittsburgh: McKees Rocks Intermodal | 73 miles
Cleveland: Collinwood Intermodal | 66 miles
“Voltage Valley” is anchored by BRITE Energy Innovators
the Lordstown Energy Center, 45 actively empowers founders
to launch energy technology
940 MW combined-cycle power
plant solutions services
CSX NATIONAL GATEWAY LORDSTOWN RAIL LINE
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
HIGH-SPEED FIBER OPTIC
241 miles Phase 1 Enhancements
along OH TPK
• Trailer Transfer Yard
• Solar EV Charging
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Broadband
OHIO TURNPIKE
SMART MOBILITY WORKFORCE
DriveOhio supports the design, Strong local 10-year job growth
WEST
development, testing, use and is projected in the electronics
EAST
regulation of automated and manufacturing (10.8%) &
connected technologies specialty trades (8.1%) sectors
SOUTH Ohio River: Wellsville Facility | 53 miles
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PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is a strategic
Electrification infrastructure initiative which capitalizes on Lordstown’s
location at the intersection of multimodal freight
transportation, broadband, and vehicle electrification
that will position the area as the premier regional
warehousing and distribution hub.
Connected & Future-focus
Automated-ready Transfer Yard The project embraces a three-pronged approach to
Infrastructure smart logistics: (1) electrification, (2) connected and
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transfer yards. The project’s scope of work incorporates
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
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LORDSTOWN PROJECT LOCATION
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
RURAL PROJECT with ONGOING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
URBAN CORE BENEFITS Located along the Trumbull County-Mahoning County
border in rural Eastern Ohio Appalachia, the Lordstown
Smart Logistics Hub will help spark the region’s ongoing
economic recovery by creating new jobs in logistics and
distribution, electric vehicle and battery manufacturing,
utilities and power generation, and construction trades.
The project complements federal investment in the
area by the EDA to fund an economic recovery strategy
following the recent closure of the GM Lordstown Plant,
where employment once peaked at 12,000.
In a short time since then several major developments
have launched in Lordstown that have marked the
PROJECT LOCATION region’s resiliency and emerging position as a leader in
electrification and logistics:
• The opening of the $900 million Lordstown Energy
Center, a 940-megawatt plant containing two gas
turbines and one steam turbine with capacity to
supply power to 850,000 homes and businesses.
• A $170 million investment by TJX in a new
Urbanized Areas 1.2-million square foot distribution facility will
bring about 1,000 new jobs to Lordstown and
have an annual payroll of about $27 million.
• Purchase of the 6.2 million square foot former
GM Lordstown facility by Lordstown Motors to
produce electric pickup trucks aimed at industry
and government markets with annual production
capacity of 420,000 vehicles.
• Ultium LLC, a joint venture by General Motors Co.
and LG Chem of South Korea, recently constructed
a $2.3 billion battery cell manufacturing plant for
GM, Honda, and other’s electric vehicles. The
opening of the facility is imminent with hiring and
training underway and increased traffic to follow.
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EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
Expanding Job Access For Low Income & Minority Populations
The project will enhance equitable outcomes by providing job access to advanced manufacturing,
warehousing and distribution employment opportunities at the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub for
traditionally underresourced low income and minority populations residing nearby in the urban cores
of the Mahoning Valley’s two major cities - Youngstown and Warren. Fixed route service for a transit-
dependent workforce is provided through the Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA) transit
center via the Lordstown Express Route (see below) serving an urban to rural “reverse commute”.
LOW INCOME POPULATION (NATIONAL PERCENTILE)
LORDSTOWN EXPRESS
TRANSIT ROUTE
WRTA
Lordstown
Transit
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MINORITY POPULATION (NATIONAL PERCENTILE)
LORDSTOWN EXPRESS
TRANSIT ROUTE
WRTA
Lordstown Transit
Smart Center
Logistics
Hub
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LORDSTOWN PROJECT LOCATION
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NATIONAL FREIGHT NETWORK
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub sits geographically
centered between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh metropolitans
areas, and is directly accessible by multiple national freight
corridors, including the Ohio Turnpike, Interstate 76, and a
CSX National Gateway rail line at the Ohio Commerce Center.
Located at the doorstep of the Lordstown Energy Center in
the “Voltage Valley,” the project leverages large scale electric
power generation, as well as a connection to the Ohio
CSX Intermodal Turnpike’s 241-mile high speed fiber optic corridor.
“The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub LEVERAGING DEVELOPMENT
will be a critical asset to the region and
Abundant real estate development opportunities exist on
a strong catalyst for further economic
SR 45 and Bailey Rd along the proposed “Smart Corridor”
investment. Team NEO will support
the hub through data driven marketing freight route. Over 3,000 acres of industrial zoned, shovel
and targeted outreach to companies ready sites with utilities will enable future private investment
across the globe that would see value in distribution and warehousing facilities which will capitalize
in unique assets this Hub represents.“ on a strategically central location midway between two
Bill Koehler, Chief Executive major metro areas and providing efficient, safe, reliable, and
Officer at Team NEO economical last-mile logistics service.
FIBER CONNECTION
OPPORTUNITY ZONE NEXUS
BRITE HQ
Downtown The proposed high-speed fiber connection will link the Ohio
Warren
Turnpike’s 241-mile fiber corridor with BRITE Energy Innovators
, Ohio’s energy tech incubator, located in Downtown Warren’s
certified Opportunity Zone. BRITE provides energy enterprises,
tech startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses with access
to advanced energy technology research and development
PROJECT
resources and professional business development support.
AREA Their nearby location in an Opportunity Zone will encourage
potential investors with unrealized capital gains to infuse
capital into the next wave of entrepreneurship related to
electrification of the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub.
Opportunity Zone
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PROJECT COSTS
Project costs by project development category are summarized below:
Project Cost Breakdown by Development Category
Category Cost Percent of Total Project
Capital Costs $4,429,380 87.0%
Design & Construction Administration $664,407 13.0%
Total Project Development Cost: $5,093,787
Project costs by project development category and project component are summarized below:
Project Cost Breakdown by Development Category &
Component
Percent
of Total
Category Capital Cost Project
Transfer Yard $2,845,303 55.9%
EV Charging Stations $915,305 18.0%
Smart Corridor Fiber & Roadside Units $668,773 13.1%
Design & Construction Administration $664,407 13.0%
Total Project Development Cost: $5,093,787
Detailed cost information by line item is provided with the supplementary information at:
https://eastgatecog.org/smartlogisticshub/
SOURCE & AMOUNT OF PROJECT FUNDS
The total project cost is $5,093,787. The RAISE funding request is $3,993,787. Eastgate Regional
Council of Governments has committed a 21.6% non-federal match of $1,100,000 to the project.
There are no other federal funds committed to the project. The source and amount of project funds are
summarized below:
Project Funding Sources
Funding Category Funding Amount Percent of Total Project
Non-Federal Funds (Match) $1,100,000 21.6%
RAISE Request $3,993,787 78.4%
Committed Federal Funds - -
Total Project Cost: $5,093,787
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COMMITTED NON-FEDERAL FUNDS
The non-federal funding commitment will be provided by Eastgate. A Commitment Letter is included in
the supplementary information to the application.
Non-Federal (Local) Match Summary
Non-Federal
Sponsor Use of Funds Funds (Match)
Eastgate Regional Council of Trailer Transfer Yard, Solar EV Charging, Smart $1,100,000
Governments Corridor Broadband
Total Match: $1,100,000
AMOUNT & USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS
Amount and use of federal funds by project component and project development category are
summarized below:
Project Cost Breakdown
Non-Federal Committed
Category Funds (Match) RAISE Request Federal Funds Total
Transfer Yard $614,441 $2,230,861 - $2,845,303
EV Charging Stations $197,659 $717,645 - $915,305
Smart Corridor Fiber & $144,421 $524,352 - $668,773
Roadside Units
Design & Construction $143,478 $520,929 - $664,407
Administration
Funding Totals: $1,100,000 $3,993,787 $0 $5,093,787
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Application NarrativeLORDSTOWN SELECTION CRITERIA
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Exceeding Program Expectations
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will address each of the RAISE Selection Criteria as summarized
below and detailed in Pages 12-24. For quantifiable benefits, detailed Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA)
calculations and methodology can be found in the BCA and BCA narrative at:
https://eastgatecog.org/smartlogisticshub/
Safety State of Good Repair
New triple trailer transfer
Automated/connected trucks
yard will reduce truck
will decrease fatal & severe
VMT, pavement damage &
crashes
maintenance
Economic Competitiveness Environmental Protection
Electric trucks and solar
Electric trucks will decrease
powered charging stations will
fuel consumption & operating
increase air quality & reduce
costs
pollutant emissions
Quality of Life Innovation
Project will aid in region’s Electrification & automated
ongoing economic recovery & vehicles/logistics will
enhance supply chain resiliency enhance Smart Mobility
The project includes committed support from our
Partnership numerous public & private partners, including
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Safety
Decrease in Truck Crashes
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will reduce truck vehicle
miles traveled (VMT) due to the installation of a new triple trailer
transfer yard at Lordstown. A reduction in truck VMT will yield
safety benefits through a reduction in truck crashes.
High-speed truck crashes are generally fatal and severe in nature,
so the focus of this benefit cost analysis for safety is based only
$3M
on fatal and severe crashes. Additional benefits can be expected
from reductions in less severe crash types, but they are not
quantified in the BCA.
TOTAL SAVINGS Automation = Enhanced Safety
FATAL & INJURY The use of automated and connected vehicles along the
proposed “Smart Corridor” route will increase safety by
CRASH eliminating the vast majority of crashes caused by driver error. In
2016, there were more than 300,000 crashes on Ohio roads, 94
REDUCTION percent of which were caused by driver error. Research indicates
that 80 percent of those crashes could have been avoided or
mitigated with automated and connected vehicle technologies.
These technologies enable vehicles and the transportation
infrastructure to constantly transmit, receive, monitor and
respond to signals about road conditions, traffic flow, accidents,
bad weather and other driving hazards. This type of vehicle-to-
vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) data sharing
helps drivers avoid dangerous situations and enable safer and
better driving decisions.
Total safety benefits are estimated at $3,044,540 in total over
the 20 years after project construction is completed. These
calculations are based upon the anticipated reduction of
fatalities and injury crashes due to the reduction truck vehicle
miles traveled.
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State of Good Repair
Reduced Pavement Maintenance
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The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will result in a reduction in
truck VMT due to the installation of a new triple trailer transfer
yard at Lordstown. The reduction in VMT will reduce the damage
of heavy freight loads on Interstate, state highway, and local
THOUSAND road pavement and bridges.
Heavy trucks are the primary source of road damage due to the
ANNUAL stresses imposed by heavy axle loads. Virtually all pavement
AVERAGE
damage is created by heavy trucks, but the cost of repair is paid
for by fuel taxes imposed on the public at large.
REDUCTION IN A new triple trailer transfer yard at Lordstown results in a
reduction of 372,081 truck highway miles driven per year. This
TRUCK MILES corresponds to a projected total savings of $355,845 in road
maintenance over the 20-year post-construction analysis period.
TRAVELED
Enforcement of Load Limits
The installation of high-speed fiber optic and roadside units will
allow for the integration of high-speed weigh-in-motion (HS_
WIM) technology to weigh vehicles dynamically in the travel lane
$356K
without the need for slowing down or stopping the vehicle. HS-
WIM systems can automatically record and display wheel-load
weights, axle weights, gross vehicle weights (GVWs) and other
parameters. HS-WIM is well-suited for weight enforcement
MAINTENANCE screening and monitoring of bridge loads to ensure that
overweight loads are not compromising pavement integrity.
SAVINGS
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Economic Competitiveness
The installation of trailer transfer yard at Lordstown will reduce vehicle
miles traveled by trucks with triple trailers that currently must exit the Ohio
Turnpike at either SR 5 to the west or SR 7 to the east. As such, quantifiable
efficiencies in transportation costs are realized by monetizing the reduction
in shipping costs:
• Travel Time (vehicle operators) Savings
$1.4M • Vehicle Operating (fuel and vehicle maintenance) Savings
TRAVEL Travel Time Savings
TIME Travel time savings will result from the reduction in vehicles miles traveled as
a result of the new transfer yard accommodating triple trailers at Lordstown.
SAVINGS The total discounted travel time savings is $1,408,552 over the analysis
period.
Vehicle Operating Costs
The project’s trailer transfer yard and solar EV charging stations will reduce
71,130 fuel usage by over 71,130 gallons of fuel annually, which will save shippers
$234,017 annually based on the June 21, 2021 average diesel fuel prices of
ANNUAL $3.29 per gallon.
REDUCTION Economic Development
GALLONS Local property values along the project corridors will increase due the
implementation of cost-effective last-mile freight shuttle service to and
DIESEL from the proposed trailer transfer yard. Job creation will result from the
FUEL
construction of new transportation and warehousing facilities at 3,000
acres of shovel-ready greenfield development sites in the area. While these
CONSUMED benefits are not quantified for the purposes of the Benefit Costs Analysis,
they do represent important tangible benefits to the local economy which
suffered an unemployment rate increase of 4.4% upon closure of the GM
Lordstown Plant in 2019.
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Environmental Protection
Climate Change Mitigation
Solar EV charging directly aligns with current federal efforts to address
1,037
the environmental and economic threats of climate change and
fossil fuel reliance, the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will advance
U.S. DOE Vehicle Technologies Office initiatives by planning for the
electrification and charging of vehicles that:
TONS • Improve the competitive position of U.S. industry and create jobs
through American innovation;
CARBON • Enhance energy security by reducing dependence on foreign oil;
EMISSIONS • Save money by cutting fuel costs for American families and
REDUCED
businesses; and
• Protect our health and safety by mitigating the impact of energy
production and use on climate change.
Air Quality
Air quality improvements will result from decreases in toxic emissions
$8,261
due to a reduction in truck VMT and a shift to more sustainable
electric truck transport.
Air quality will increase and pollutants will be reduced through the
CARBON COST reduction of diesel emissions through use of electrified trucks utilizing
SAVINGS the solar EV charging stations. These emission reductions will ensure
air quality standards attainment with both the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency and US EPA.
Reduced Energy Consumption
The use of electrified freight service will reduce reliance on fossil
fuels. The installation of trailer transfer yard at Lordstown will reduce
vehicle miles traveled by trucks with triple trailers that currently must
exit the Ohio Turnpike at either SR 5 to the west or SR 7 to the east.
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Environmental Protection
FHWA Leveraging Alternative Uses of the Highway Right-of-Way Guidance
The project will capitalize on recent FHWA guidance for leveraging highway right-of-way for renewable
energy generation, electrical transmission and distribution projects, broadband projects, vegetation
management, inductive charging in travel lanes, alternative fueling facilities, and other “appropriate uses.
The underutilized right-of-way along
the interstate system will provide new
funding streams for our transportation
infrastructure and maintenance. This
would reduce dependence on the gas tax.
Advancing the Clean Energy Economy
Several of our local private sector partners are at the forefront of technological advancement in clean
energy and vehicle electrification that rapidly evolved into a specialized industry cluster in Lordstown:
Lordstown Motors
Lordstown Motors Corp. designs and manufactures electric vehicles that revolutionize the way work
gets done. The vehicles they build reduce burdensome costs, provide functional style for today’s job
sites, and act as an extension of the worker—smarter, safer and more productive. Their manufacturing
facility at the site of the former GM Lordstown Plant encompasses 6.2 million square feet of vehicle
production space with an annual production capacity of 420,000 vehicles per year.
BRITE Energy Incubators
BRITE Energy Innovators – Ohio’s energy tech incubator – is dedicated to ensuring the success of
startups driving innovation in energy tech by offering consultation services to startups & small-and-
medium-size enterprises, lab space and equipment for device testing and R&D and affordable office
space and coworking memberships. BRITE has 19 tenant companies in nearby Warren, and has assisted
over 250 portfolio companies to innovate and grow since 2011 resulting in the creation of over 400 jobs
and an investment of over $135 million in portfolio companies.
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Quality of Life
PROJECTED 10-YR JOB GROWTH Continued Economic Recovery
10.8% The project complements federal investment in the area by the EDA
to fund an economic recovery strategy following the GM Lordstown
GAIN Plant closure which resulted in a 9.4% loss in Gross Regional Product.
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT & The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will bolster ongoing regional
COMPONENT MANUFACTURING efforts to “get people back to work” by capitalizing on the rapidly
emerging “Voltage Valley” electrification industry sector.
Supply Chain Resiliency
One of the immediate realizations of the current COVID-19 crisis is
that efficient goods movement is critical to both the national economy
and the national healthcare system. The Lordstown Smart Logistics
Hub will enhance supply chain resiliency and improve connections to
underserved rural markets by providing enhanced freight service at
a rapid growing distribution hub filling a gap between the Cleveland
COVID-19 Response and Pittsburgh markets.
The project will leverage the Context Sensitive Solutions
Mahoning Valley’s expertise
in the additive manufacturing The Lordstown area is well-suited to leverage large-scale private
sector to locally produce investment in transportation logistics and distribution facilities based
medical supplies such as on the abundance of available undeveloped land already zoned for
plastic fields shields through industrial use with utility infrastructure in place and excess roadway
3D printing, then efficiently capacity. This is consistent with the modern trend of locating logistics
distribute the equipment hubs on the periphery of metro areas instead of their traditional
nationwide. location in aging urban industrial centers surrounded by residential
neighborhoods and landlocked from future spinoff development.
Lordstown Compatible Land Uses: Lordstown (see left) has adequate space
for spinoff logistics development, while intermodals in Cleveland
and Pittsburgh (see below) are landlocked in urban neighborhoods.
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Innovation
Collaboration Model
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will apply the DriveOhio
Collaboration Model to the project’s Smart Mobility elements
drawing upon the vast technical expertise of DriveOhio Alliance.
DriveOhio – an initiative of the Ohio Department of Transportation
and the state’s center for automated and connected vehicles on
the ground and in the air – is preparing Ohio for the future of
smart mobility. The objective of DriveOhio’s statewide Smart
Logistics initiative is to accelerate the evolution of Ohio’s logistics
ecosystem by incorporating smart mobility solutions.
The DriveOhio Alliance – consisting of partners and stakeholders
across industry, government, education, and communities –
collaborates to identify smart mobility use cases and solutions
Project Application that will deliver significant improvements in transportation safety,
mobility, access, and reliability, while preparing talent across our
existing and emerging workforce, aligned with economic growth
in our communities.
The DriveOhio Smart Logistics Collaboration Model ensures that
Ohio’s smart mobility initiatives incorporate feedback from three
Regional Chamber critical groups of stakeholders:
Fleet Owners
1. Logistics Industry (Chambers & Fleet Owners)
2. Technology Providers (Solution Developers & Researchers)
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Ohio Turnpike The Ray 3. Public Sector (Infrastructure & Economic Developers)
ODOT Outrider
Port Authority Locomation Balancing input from these groups ensures validation of needs
with logistics industry stakeholders, understanding the capabilities
and limits of emerging smart mobility technology solutions, while
LORDSTOWN also considering the current and future needs of the physical and
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digital infrastructure assets across Ohio.
Collaborative Approach
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Innovation
Innovative Technologies
Phase 1 of the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will focus on immediate smart infrastructure needs that
will serve as the backbone of future technology enhancements. Using the DriveOhio Smart Logistics
Collaboration Model, DriveOhio Alliance partners will utilize the infrastructure constructed in Phase 1
to implement several cutting edge smart mobility initiatives in future phases of the project that will be
studied later this year through a $400,000 ODOT Statewide Planning & Research grant:
• Future-focused Transfer Yard – DriveOhio Alliance partners would work with logistics industry
stakeholders and technology providers to develop and deploy concepts for future yard operations
and systems. Examples include electric charging depots, automated vehicle transition and handoff
systems, and software-driven automation of yard operations.
• Electrification - DriveOhio Alliance partners will leverage team assets and expertise to identify,
evaluate, and deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure and related technologies, with specific
focus on logistics operations and electric trucks.
• Connected and Automation-Ready Infrastructure – DriveOhio Alliance partners would conduct
automation readiness road audits and identify suitable infrastructure to accommodate deployment
of connected and automated vehicle systems, including future truck parking notification systems,
that ODOT is ready to begin studying at the statewide level.
Innovative Project Delivery
The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC) is currently working with The Ray on a solar
development pilot project along the 241-mile Ohio Turnpike corridor which bisects the project area and
provides a high-speed fiber optic connection to the Voltage Valley and the Lordstown Smart Logistics
Hub. OTIC recently released a Request for Information (RFI) to potential private partners to gauge
interest in the potential leasing of Turnpike right-of-ways (including the Lordstown interchange area) to
host solar arrays for renewable energy production. OTIC received 13 responses to the RFI and is moving
forward with advanced discussions several respondents on deployment of a pilot project. An upcoming
Request for Proposals (RFP) will evaluate opportunities to bring utility-scale solar to the region.
Early interest in the project has shown private sector interest in solar for not only electric power
generation, but also hydrogen fuel cells. It is anticipated that additional power grid revenues will be
generated through future lease agreements and/or royalties with solar energy providers.
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Innovation
Innovative Financing
Western Reserve Port Authority
Regional Transportation Under Ohio law Port Authorities are empowered to facilitate
Improvement Project economic development and infrastructure projects by:
(RTIP)
• Lending monies at competitive rates and terms as a direct
As a transportation infrastructure loan or a “pass-through” bond
project centered almost evenly
between two County lines, the • Constructing, owning and/or operating public infrastructure
Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is facilities as a component of a public-private partnership (P3)
a logical application of the RTIP • Providing up-front savings of Ohio sales taxes on construction
program authorized by Ohio materials by entering into a structured lease agreement.
Revised Code Chapter 5595. This
innovative financing mechanism The project’s “off-road” components (e.g. transfer yard) may
allows a wide array of potential capitalize on Port financing through a P3 structured lease.
revenue streams to be applied
Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission
towards the project:
As part of its restructuring in 2013, the Ohio Turnpike and
• Payments of Lieu of Taxes
Infrastructure Commission now possesses the ability to fund not
(TIF proceeds)
only projects along the limits of its toll road, but also infrastructure
• Municipal Income Tax Projects with a “nexus” to the Turnpike based on the project’s:
• Joint Economic • Physical proximity and connectivity to the Ohio Turnpike
Development District
• Impact on Ohio Turnpike traffic and revenues
(JEDD) Income Tax
• Impact on movement of goods and services in the area
• New Community Authority
Revenue • Enhancement of access between the Ohio Turnpike and
connected areas of population, commerce, and industry.
• Sales Tax
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub has a clear nexus to the
• License Tax
Ohio Turnpike and will play a major role in stimulating economic
development and job creation in the northern Ohio Turnpike
service area, making the project eligible for Turnpike funding.
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Partnership
CONTINUING RECENT MOMENTUM
ODOT Statewide Planning & Research Grant
ODOT has granted Eastgate $400,000 in funding through the State Planning & Research
program. This funding, combined with the $100,000 already committed by Eastgate, will be
applied to a planned feasibility study for the advancement of future phases of the Lordstown
Smart Logistics Hub project.
Eastgate is partnered in this project with DriveOhio, ODOT District 4, and the Ohio Turnpike
& Infrastructure Commission. Eastgate has put out a request for proposal to find a consultant
who will conduct the study. The study will assess the feasibility of in-road electric charging,
automated electric truck trailer transfers, solar charging within existing, underutilized right-of-
way, and other emerging clean energy technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells. The findings
of the study will refine the scope of future phases of the project that will build on Phase 1.
Utility Regionalization Study
Eastgate is preparing to assess the region’s various utility networks and provide feasible
recommendations for utilization regionalization that will be implemented at the conclusion
of the study to aid the region’s ongoing economic recovery effort. The project emphasis will
focus on water, wastewater, and electric power (particularly renewable energy sources) utilities
that increase the catalytic development potential of large-scale job creation at commercial/
industrial development sites.
While the project will be regional in scope, the primary focus will be on areas most ripe for
catalytic commercial/industrial development such as industrial parks, commercial corridors,
and brownfield redevelopment sites. Special emphasis will be placed along the region’s primary
logistics corridors in the vicinity of national freight routes along the Ohio Turnpike (I-80/I-76)
in the vicinity of Lordstown.
Regional Broadband Study
Eastgate recently conducted a Regional Broadband Feasibility Study focused on providing
enhanced and reliable internet service to rural areas lacking appropriate coverage, as well
as urban centers that require increased speed and access, for the three-county region
encompassing Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties. Key recommendations include
establishing a new Broadband Authority to assist in funding additional regional buildout.
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Partnership
PUBLIC SECTOR
DriveOhio
DriveOhio, the state’s center for smart mobility, brings all of these organizations
together under one umbrella, serving as the hub for automated and connected vehicles
and infrastructure in Ohio. An initiative of the Ohio Department of Transportation
(ODOT), DriveOhio also works to ensure Ohio’s regulatory environment and public
policies are conducive to the development of the infrastructure and technologies
needed for smart mobility. Simply put, DriveOhio is committed to advancing smart
mobility in Ohio and being a one-stop shop for those looking to develop, test and
deploy advanced mobility solutions in Ohio.
Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission
The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC) has an existing 241 miles
of fiber optic cable connecting fifty-five (55) facilities along the Ohio Turnpike. A
fiber equipment upgrade planned for 2021 will increase the bandwidth of the fiber
network to 10/100 GB. OTIC recently installed and tested a 50-mile section of DSRC-
equipped infrastructure for connected vehicle communication leveraging high-
performance edge computing.
In addition, they have partnered with Ford Mobility on a cellular-vehicle to- everything
(C-V2X) proof-of-concept. The first phase will include deploying a smart phone
application to disseminate Traveler Information Messages (TIMs) and Turnpike
Specific Messages to a fleet of Ford vehicles at the OTIC. The second phase of the
engagement will involve deploying C-V2X technology at a scale along a predefined
stretch of the Turnpike. Ford and partners will work together to equip a fleet of
vehicles with C-V2X OBUs. Ford will work with the OTIC to install C-V2X/DSRC bridging
technology and use this infrastructure to broadcast real-time information to travelers
via V2X technology. The deployed RSU’s and infrastructure will be used to create
and test new concepts around toll fee collection and vehicle road usage calculations
which will enable a futuristic approach to road usage and Turnpike access
With the infrastructure, connectivity, and related assets, the OTIC is well positioned to
provide complementary technology support for the project.
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Partnership
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
The Ray
The Ray is a nonprofit foundation that facilitates, with partners in the federal and
state government and the private sector, opportunities to demonstrate and socialize
transportation technologies and innovations in an operational environment. Through
a chartered relationship with the Federal Highway Administration and the Georgia
Department of Transportation (GDOT), they explore the potential for safer and more
efficient transportation infrastructure and execute projects on an 18-mile stretch of
Interstate 85 that extends from the Georgia-Alabama state line to Exit 18 in LaGrange,
Georgia.
The Ray is a committed partner to Eastgate and will provide consultation and guidance
as an extension of our established collaboration with Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure
Commission on their Solar Development Project. Renewable energy development at
the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub has the potential to help the State of Ohio reduce
their energy costs, reduce their land maintenance costs, increase resilience and local
energy security, create new revenue streams, and meet broader renewable energy
and greenhouse gas emission targets. These benefits of solar energy will also align
with the new federal administration’s emphasis on mitigating climate change.
ASPIRE
ASPIRE - Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway
Electrification - is headquartered at Utah State University and operated through
strategic partnerships with Purdue University, University of Colorado Boulder,
University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Auckland New Zealand. ASPIRE’s
industry partners include ODOT and the Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission.
As an extension of their existing partnership with ODOT and the Ohio Turnpike,
Utah State University and ASPIRE will play an advisory role to Eastgate during the
Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub project applying expertise from current and past
projects in planning for the electrification of light duty through heavy duty vehicles
and accompanying charging infrastructure development.
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Partnership
Unified Regional Coalition
Eastgate recently hosted a series of virtual presentations as part of National Infrastructure Week in May.
Senator Sherrod Brown spoke about the importance of the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub as part of
his featured presentation.
WA S H I N G TO N , D.C .
V I R T U A L F LY - I N Bipartisan Congressional Support
AGENDA The Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber recently hosted a
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
8:15 AM Welcome Remarks from Guy Coviello and Vito Abruzzino
President and CEO: Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber
Virtual DC Fly-in in June where bipartisan support for the project
was clearly evident.
Executive Director: Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission (EOMAC)
8:20 AM Introductory Remarks from James Tressel
President: Youngstown State University
8:30 AM Meeting with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)
The Mahoning Valley’s congressional delegation including Senator
Introduced by Mark Lamoncha, President: Humtown Products
9:00 AM Meeting with Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) and Brigadier General
William Kountz, Air Force Reserve Command
Sherrod Brown, Senator Rob Portman, Congressman Tim Ryan,
Introduced by Vito Abruzzino, Executive Director: Eastern Ohio Military Affairs
Commission (EOMAC)
10:00 AM Meeting with Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH-6)
10:30 AM
Introduced by Jon Arnold: J. Arnold Wealth Management Company
Meeting with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
Congressman Bill Johnson, and Congressman Anthony Gonzalez
Introduced by Vito Abruzzino, Executive Director: (EOMAC)
11:00 AM Meeting with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16)
Introduced by Chuck George, CEO: Strangpresse
all recognized the importance of infrastructure investments in
11:30 AM
11:35 AM
Video Message from Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH-14)
Conversation with D.C. Lobbyists Jenny DiJames and Michael Beer
the Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub as a catalyst for job creation,
sustainability, and supply chain resiliency.
Introduced by Guy Coviello, President and CEO: Youngstown/Warren Regional
Chamber
12:00 PM Meeting with Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Introduced by John Moliterno, Executive Director: Western Reserve Port
Authority
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Fireside Chat with Col. Jeffrey Van Dootingh, YARS Commander.
Hosted by by Vito Abruzzino, Executive Director: (EOMAC)
2:00 PM Closing Remarks and Recognition of Sponsors from Guy Coviello
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SMART LOGISTICS HUB
OVERVIEW
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is a low risk infrastructure project that creatively repurposes existing
and underutilized roadway pavement and public right-of-way to create a more efficient, resilient, and
technologically advanced transportation system.
Based on engineering review and preliminary traffic analysis, no significant negative transportation/
traffic effects will result from the proposed improvements. Detailed traffic studies will be completed in
conjunction with project final engineering.
DriveOhio, the state’s center for smart mobility, has committed to providing technical, legislative and
procurement advisory support relative to implementation of electrified, connected, and automated
freight vehicles and infrastructure.
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is prepared to begin preliminary engineering immediately upon
receipt of RAISE funds. Conceptual planning is already underway and is expected to be completed in
2021, well in advance of the obligation deadline. The entire project is located within existing public
right-of-way or on properties under project partner under control.
Maximum Flexibility: Repurposing Excess Roadway Capacity
All of the primary roadways along the Smart Corridor freight route currently have excess pavement
width (four travel lanes) and roadway capacity with Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes less than
8,000. This available roadway capacity will allow for maximum flexibility to accommodate any
required refinements without the need for design exceptions, utility relocations or right-of-way
acquisition ensuring the project is developed on schedule and under budget.
SR 45 Hallock-Young Rd Baliley Rd
4 lanes | ADT 6,221 4 lanes | ADT 2,041 4 lanes | ADT 7,333
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PROJECT SCHEDULE
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments brings proven track record of developing projects on time
and under budget. The timeline belows indicates that all RAISE funds will be obligated well before the
September 30, 2024 obligation date. The project will be completed well in advance of the September
30, 2029 deadline to expend all RAISE funds.
Milestone Date
Notice of Funding Award November 2021
Obligate Federal Funds (PE & Design) May 2022
Complete Preliminary Engineering December 2022
Complete NEPA March 2023
Complete Detailed Design April 2023
Advertise for Bids June 2023
Obligate Federal Funds (Construction) July 2023
Award Construction Contract August 2023
Begin Construction September 2023
Project Completion July 2024
REQUIRED APPROVALS
Compliance with Local, Regional & State Plans
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will advance redevelopment and infrastructure goals of the
following local, regional, and statewide initiatives:
• Eastgate Broadband Feasibility Study, 2021
• Eastgate Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, 2020
• ODOT Access Ohio 2045, 2020
• Eastgate Regional Rail Plan, 2018
• Eastgate 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update, 2018
• Eastgate FY2019-2023 Transit Development Program, 2018
• Transport Ohio, Statewide Freight Plan, 2017
• Team NEO’s Aligning Opportunities in Northeast Ohio, 2017
• Northeast Ohio Development Finance Agency Rail Plan, 2016
• Fund for Our Economic Future’s Northeast Ohio Additive Manufacturing Cluster, 2016
• Northeast Ohio’s Sustainable Communities Consortium’s Vibrant NEO 2040, 2014
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REQUIRED APPROVALS
No Additional Legislation Required for Smart Mobility
Governor’s Executive Order 2019-26D
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub smart logistics can be implemented without the need for additional
state or local legislation through Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s Executive Order 2019-26D signed on
October 24, 2019 that authorizes automated vehicle testing in Ohio and lays out a roadmap for how the
automotive industry can test their technologies in the state.
Executive Order 2018-04K establishes guidelines for testing automated vehicles testing on any Ohio
public road or highway. Companies that want to test automated vehicles must register with DriveOhio,
assure their vehicle can operate safely, and comply with all traffic laws. There must be a designated
operator onboard who is responsible for the vehicle at all times.
This initiative enables DriveOhio to connect Eastgate and Lordstown to companies looking for the
optimum locations in Ohio, to deploy their advanced transportation and logistics technologies.
Stakeholder Engagement INBOUND FREIGHT
Transportation Logistics Survey ORIGINS
Cleveland
The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce Pittsburgh
enjoys a longstanding working relationship with private Long Beach LORDSTOWN
freight logistics operations along the project corridors Baltimore
in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. As part of the New England
stakeholder discovery process, and in the initial stages of
project development, the Regional Chamber developed
OUTBOUND FREIGHT
a 38-question transportation logistics survey that was
DESTINATIONS
Pittsburgh
distributed to freight users in and around the project
Detroit
corridors. The survey included questions regarding the Mexico
LORDSTOWN
business operation, employment levels, future expansion UK
plans, shipping challenges/needs, primary trade partners, China
modes of transport, vehicle types, delivery frequency, and
shipping costs. The results of the survey were used to
scope this project. Consensus user requirements include
efficient first-mile/last-mile transport of containers, real-
time delivery data, and adequate space and infrastructure
89% 78% 2 of 3
DESIRE RECEIVE HAVE PLANS
to support on-site or local expansion, all of which REALTIME PACKAGED FOR LOCAL
addressed in this proposal. ETA PRODUCTS EXPANSION
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ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT RISKS &
Smart Mobility Support
DriveOhio is committed to providing
MITIGATION STRATEGIES
technical, legislative, and procurement The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub is a low-risk project
support of the Lordstown Smart from the environmental, technical feasibility, and project
Logistics Hub project and will: development perspectives:
• Convene P3s with prospective • Work limits are located in existing public right-of-
electrified automated freight service way or land controlled by project partners.
vendors and fiber and wireless
carriers to connect infrastructure • The region’s MPO and project sponsor, Eastgate,
within the Lordstown Smart Logistics has a proven track record of project management,
Hub; development & financing.
• Work with vendors to implement • Project partner DriveOhio will champion Smart
best practices for the incorporation Mobility initiatives (see left) and technology partner
of in-cab wireless communication recruitment.
devices and placement of any Low Risk Project
necessary roadside charging
equipment and sensors; There is essentially no risk to timely completion and
delivery of the project, as the Lordstown Smart Logistics
• Coordinate roles and responsibilities Hub utilizes low-volume roadways with excess vehicular
for collection and dissemination capacity. Eastgate will administer the project and ensure
of traffic monitor information and NEPA compliance. DriveOhio will provide Eastgate with
performance data with the Eastgate, technical, legislative, and procurement support relative to
Ohio Turnpike, and other project smart logistics.
partners;
Lack of Environmental Red Flags
• Advise Eastgate in developing the
project in accordance with the The project limits are within public right-of-way and
Governor’s Executive Order avoiding property controlled by project partners thus reducing
the need for local legislative/ real estate easement acquisition costs and minimizing
regulatory action; schedule delays. The project has received letters of
support from and letter of intent to contribute land
• Assist in the procurement process necessary to complete the project. No additional right-of-
for AV and technology vendors; and way acquisition is required.
• Guide the region in preparing for
connected and automated vehicles.
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Application NarrativeLORDSTOWN BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS
SMART LOGISTICS HUB
DEMONSTRATED RETURN ON
INVESTMENT
A Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) of the project was performed in
1.67:1
accordance with USDOT’s Benefit Cost Analysis Guidance for
Discretionary Grant Programs, dated January 2020.
The Lordstown Smart Logistics Hub will address each of the
RAISE Selection Criteria. Quantitative benefits for the project
BENEFIT-COST results in a 1.67:1 Benefit-Cost Ratio as detailed in the BCA.
RATIO A breakdown of project benefits by Selection Criteria is
summarized in the table below. The BCA Narrative and
Spreadsheet can be found at:
https://eastgatecog.org/smartlogisticshub/
Quantifiable
Selection Total Benefits
Criteria Benefits Discounted (7%)
Safety Reduced truck crashes resulting from “Smart
$3,044,540
Corridor” truck automation & reduction in VMT
State of Good Reduced maintenance costs resulting from
$355,845
Repair decrease in truck VMT with new transfer yard
Economic Fuel savings from vehicle electrification and
$4,078,453
Competitiveness reduced operating costs from reduction in VMT
Environmental Climate change mitigation through clean energy
$8,261
Protection electric vehicle charging
Quality of Life Increased employment in areas of consistent
poverty& property values n/a
Enhanced supply chain resiliency
Innovation Higher multiplier effect for innovation industries
n/a
resulting in regional economic growth
Partnership Efficiencies in project development through
n/a
coordinating design, testing & deployment
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