Ports Will Receive $17 Billion From Infrastructure Package
The bipartisan infrastructure package that passed the House Nov. 6 will dedicate $17.4 billion to ports, Coast Guard facilities, inland waterways, and land ports of entry, and flood and environmental projects from the Army Corps of Engineers, with much of the funds expected to be spent over a three- to five-year horizon.
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There is $455 million per year for five years for the Transportation Department's Port Infrastructure Development Program, which can pay for intermodal connection improvements, other port infrastructure, or plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The grants for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the ports is separate from $80 million a year available for the next five years in competitive grants for plans to reduce emissions caused by trucks idling.
There is $3.85 billion for land ports of entry, which the bill's authors say will fund all the construction in CBP's five-year plan, plus more priorities. The Army Corps of Engineers would get $12.25 billion of the funding, which would cover navigation and inland waterways, but also ecosystem restoration, flood control and shore protection, and remote harbor projects for isolated villages in Alaska, for instance.