 | The Hoeven Valley Transportation Systems and Community Sustainability Initiative
The Hoeven Valley, IowaAbstractThis Initiative will result in the redevelopment of the community's surface transportation systems and the creation of private investment opportunities within the Hoeven Valley. An "industrial neighborhood" with integrated vehicular, transit, and rail access together with pedestrian and employee amenities will allow this area to become again the economic engine it once was. The Hoeven Valley is the historic industrial and transportation center of the City. The growth of industry and the access to serve that growth has evolved since the 1890's. The Valley, five miles in length and averaging one mile wide, bounded on the south by the Missouri River, is an inner city urban industrial/manufacturing area amidst the rail-switching yards of three Class 1 railroads. It is bisected north to south by the Floyd River, a 1960's flood control project of the Corps of Engineers. This Riverbed and supporting levees provide recreational and transportation opportunities within the Valley as well as creating major obstacles to efficient access. The valley is home to 122 businesses ranging from small one-person operations to such employers as John Morrell Packing with upwards of 1,600 employees. Together, the area businesses provide employment to more than 5,000 people. The Valley is also home to 1,177 residents, living in single family housing. Per capita income in this area is very low. The average value of the single-family residences in the area is $27,586. Five Sioux City bus routes bisect the Valley. Current access, by employees, by truckers moving product into and from the area, by rail carriers, and by residents, all via at-grade rail crossings is inefficient and unsafe and has created a transportation conflict that is strangling the heavy industrial economic base of the area. Implementation of this Initiative will result in a 3,200-acre dynamic local re-investment zone. Previous Page |
