@SecElaineChao Sec of Transportation announces 20M grant for @LisaMurkowski Alaska Port..........
I am too much of a cynic to know this is not a coincidence.
It is an extra 20M. for Alaska. You scratch my back and I scratch yours.
$20M infrastructure development grant awarded to Port of Alaska for modernization project
https://www.ktva.com/story/41689774/dollar20m-infrastructure-development-grant-awarded-to-port-of-alaska-for-modernization-project?utm_content=buffer1c4f6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=MP+twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Wednesday, February 12th 2020, 6:22 AM AKST
By: Joe Vigil
Anchorage municipal manager Bill Falsey called Tuesday a "good day" after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $20 million infrastructure development grant to the Port of Alaska.
Municipal leaders say the Port Infrastructure Development Program grant is on top of a $25 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant DOT awarded last November.
The grant will go toward the port's modernization project, which includes construction of a new petroleum and cement terminal. The Municipality of Anchorage estimates the terminal will cost more than $200 million.
Jim Jager, the external affairs director for the port, said the port instituted new fuel and cement tariffs in the beginning of January that will be used to pay the remaining petroleum cement terminal construction costs.
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Jager said the port also handles a significant portion of Alaska's inbound freight which goes to many locations outside of Anchorage.
Sen. Dan Sullivan announced the infrastructure development grant on Tuesday and called the port one of the state's most important pieces of infrastructure. In a prepared statement, he thanked U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao for her support.
"The Port of Alaska not only serves the most basic needs of a broad swath of Alaskans – including fuel, food, construction materials, and other goods – but also America’s security interests as an Arctic nation. The Port of Alaska is the only Department of Defense strategic seaport near the Arctic—a fact we cannot overlook as sea ice recedes, traffic accelerates and our country’s adversaries, particularly Russia, grow their maritime capabilities in the region. This grant will help restore the Port of Alaska’s status as a safe, cost-effective, reliable and resilient piece of infrastructure."
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