Post on 17-Dec-2015
RTI Project Overview
Frank BetzChief Operating OfficerRahall Transportation Institute
Monday, November 26, 2012
Enterprise GIS Site Selector Application• RTI is currently working with the WV Development Office (WVDO) and the Office of Coalfield
Community Development (OCCD) on an Enterprise GIS economic development application.
• The application will allow WVDO and OCCD to access, manage, disseminate and display both spatial
and non-spatial data using available client and mobile connections.
• The goal of the project is to facilitate the identification of ideal sites for development in coalfield
counties by assisting the OCCD in fulfilling its mission to provide long-term economic viability after
mining, as well as to identify post-mine development opportunities within a mining permit.
• Phase I of this project includes the establishment of an ArcGIS server to deliver GIS capabilities,
hosting a web application and integrating legacy and new data into a spatial data system.
Benefits of the Enterprise GIS System
• Integration of legacy coalfield county data, information and
systems
• Powerful problem-solving and decision-making tool to determine
o land and infrastructure needs for general area of a mining operations
o post-mining site opportunities through rapid analysis of spatial
information
• Entire department can be linked to a centralized geospatial data
warehouse (data silo)
Land Use Master Planning
• RTI is working with the Office of Coalfield Community
Development (OCCD) on system to facilitate Land Use
Master Plan (LUMP) updates by counties with surface
mining operations as mandated by Senate Bill #603
passed in 2001.
• The goal of this project is to assist counties to update
their LUMPs in a streamlined manner o to stay in compliance with state law
o to promote sustainable land use planning to cultivate
community development needs
• The detailed LUMP o addresses development needs of coalfield county properties
o provides required spatial analysis on existing available sites
o provides guidelines, strategies and a framework for future
community land use decisions
Benefits of Land Use Master Planning
• Substantiates long-term planning and economic development
decisions
• Allows early identification of best mine sites for future
development
• Increased employment
Projected Job Growth on PMLU Sites in Mingo County
Comment & Questions
Frank BetzChief Operating OfficerRahall Transportation Institutefbetz@njrati.org(304) 696-3877