1. MBA 500 NE Ohio Case Study by:
Kayvin Robertson
Matt Bowman
Melanie Chellman Jeffers
John Bacha

2. Executive Summary
 What is the Innerbelt
study?
 Why should you care?

3. Project Background
 Project planning began
in 1999
 2007 ODOT inspection
call
 131,000

4. Key Players
 Ohio Department of
Transportation
 City of Cleveland
 Business Community
 Commuters

5. Critical Events
 I-35 collapse
 Aging bridge with
finite life span
 Three C’s
 Need for interstate
commerce

6. Where do things stand today?
 15 days behind
 Westbound bridge set
to open Fall 2013
 Eastbound bridge work
set to start 2014
 Eastbound bridge
completion set for
2016

7. Legal/Political Impact
 ARRA of 2009 (stimulus)
 Battle over funds
 ODOT in $1.6B budget hole
 Kasich vs. Jackson

8. Fiscal/Economic Impact
• Westbound Bridge -
$287.4M
• Eastbound Bridge - • Known operating costs $13.3M
$317M to 2013
• No federal/ODOT funds • 5-year fix = $65M
until 2016 • 10-year fix > $89M
• 5 more sections of • Total rehab ~ $200M
“Innerbelt Plan” • Estimated congestion costs =
$100M/year
• Modeled savings benefits of
$15.6B

9. Social/Environmental Impact
 Decrease sewage overflow
& runoff
 Green bulkheads
 Sustainability plan
 Peregrine falcons

10. Opposition & Controversy
 Politics
 Schedule
 Payment
 Fundraising

11. Final Thoughts

12. Questions?

13. Sources
 Gluck, P. (2012, October 2). Personal interview.
 Krohn, B. "Inner Belt Bridge Lanes to Reopen, but Not to Trucks Going
East." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 11 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/08/inner_belt_bridge_lanes_to_
reo.html>.
 ODOT. "Innerbelt Bridge Lanes/Ramps Reopened Today." Ohio
Department of Transportation. N.p., 25 Nov. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D12/Deputy
%20Director/News/Pages/InnerbeltBridgeLanesRampsReopenedToday
.aspx>.
 Breckenridge, Tom. "Inner Belt Bridge Construction Begins as Massive
Supports Are Hammered into Bedrock." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 30 Mar.
2011. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/inner_belt_bridge_construc
tion_3.html>.

14. Sources
 TSA. "Highway Motor Carrier Branch." Transportation Security
Administration. N.p., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.tsa.gov/stakeholders/highway-motor-carrier-branch>.
 Breckenridge, Tom. "New Inner Belt Bridge Is 15 Days behind Schedule,
with Dicier Weather on the Way." The Plain Dealer. N.p., 3 Oct. 2012.
Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/10/new_inner_belt_
bridge_is_15_da.html>.
 Palmer, Michael Cooper And Griff. "Cities Lose Out On Road Funds From
Stimulus." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 July 2009. Web.
13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09projects.html?_r=0>.

15. Sources
 "Recovery.gov - Track the Money." Recipient Projects. N.p., 19 Sept.
2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecoveryData/Pages/Recipi
entReportedDataMap.aspx?stateCode=OH>.
 "Kasich Announces Innovative Funding Plan for Innerbelt Bridge in
Cleveland." Ohio Department of Transportation. N.p., 23 Aug. 2012. Web.
13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.dot.state.oh.us/news/Pages/Kasich-
Announces-Innovative-Funding-Plan-for-Innerbelt-Bridge-in-
Cleveland.aspx>.
 Breckenridge, Tom. "Gov. John Kasich, ODOT Have Plan to Keep
Cleveland's Second Inner Belt Bridge on Track." The Plain Dealer. N.p.,
24 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/08/ohio_has_plan_t
o_build_clevela.html>.

16. Sources
 "ODOT - Innerbelt Bridge Project." Ohio Department of Transportation.
N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/ClevelandUrbanCoreProjects/In
nerbelt/InnerbeltBridge/Pages/default.aspx>.