Two major rockslides occurred in the southwestern portion of North Carolina (NC) and southeastern portion of Tennessee (TN) during the fall of 2009. The first rockslide occurred on October 25th in Haywood County, NC, resulting in the closure of a section of Interstate 40 (I-40) at mile marker 2.6, about 50 miles west of Asheville, North Carolina, near the Tennessee border. The second rockslide occurred on November 10th in Polk County, TN. This rockslide closed a section of U.S. Route 64 (US-64). This document shows the location of these rockslides and the associated detours. The objective of this study for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is to estimate the economic impacts of these rockslides and the resulting road closures. To expedite the study, the analysis focused on two categories of economic and transportation impacts: (1) Local and Regional Economic Impacts--the loss in business sales, visitors, tourism spending, and jobs for areas directly impacted by road closures and loss of transportation access and traffic volumes. (2) Transportation Costs--extended road closures of key highways in Appalachia can result in significant detours leading to longer trips (more miles traveled), less direct trips, and additional congestion on the detour routes.


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    Titel :

    Economic Impact of Rockslides in Tennessee and North Carolina


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2010


    Format / Umfang :

    34 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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