California’s shipping channels are in desperate need of dredging and maintenance.
The money to do the work is in the Federal Harbor Maintenance trust fund, but the feds won’t release the nearly $6 billion in that fund.
“Carriers don’t mind paying, shippers don’t mind paying if they get something in return on their dollar,” said Leal Sundet with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union. “Putting all that money in the bank and sitting on it is not spending it.”
The state says $200 million a year would get the channels where they need to be.
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