Captains,
America's marine highway program, a MARAD led initiative, is getting up steam. The six eligible active projects are: Port Manatee FL-Brownsville TX, Port Itawambo MS-Mobile AL (Tenn-Tom waterway), South Carolina ports-Galveston TX, Detroit MI-Windsor CA (passenger), Jersey City NJ-Brooklyn NY (rail-float), and Hampton Roads VA-Richmond VA (James River).
According to the Virginia-Pilot, the James River Barge line has received at least $2.3 million in federal funds.
In 2009, 66 percent of Hampton Roads cargo moved by truck, 30 percent moved by rail, and 4 percent by barge. The US DOT identified a major truck bottle-neck in the Virginia Tidewater area and is trying to do something about it by incentivizing the marine highway to Richmond.
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DOT Announces Projects Eligible for Marine Highway Funds
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced his selection of marine highway corridors and an initial eight projects and six initiatives along the corridors that will be eligible for federal assistance under the America's Marine Highway program, a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on highways.
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