Figure 2-4: Proposed Cargo Oriented Development Northeast Blue Island
TRANSPORTATION
Cargo Oriented Development (COD) sites address underutilized and vacant industrial land by encouraging the redevelopment of manufacturing, logistics, and related businesses at locations where there is a strong freight access and an available workforce.
Cargo Oriented Development Blue Island has signif icant opportunities to boost freight infrastructure. COD promotes efficient and sustainable ways to move freight while helping communities to retain jobs. This helps generate a resilient economy through an efficient freight system that adapts to the use of greener vehicles such as the electrification of trucks and technologies. Currently there are three COD sites within Blue Island that hold economic potential for the city. One of these COD sites is in the Northeast tract which is also located within an Opportunity
Zone containing brownfield properties. Since the decline of manufacturing employment in Blue Island, there is a need for local labor supply and skills in freight and logistics industries. The city has the opportunity to use the COD site to create new routes for dedicated freight movement and remove freight off local community roads, lowering exposure to polluting f reight practices for both residents and the surrounding environment by decreasing congestion and truck pollution in residential and commercial areas.. Blue Island Economic Development Plan (2005)
