The U.S. ports of Hueneme, Baltimore, Indiana, San Diego and Newport have received a combined $44.3 million infrastructure funding boost through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) scheme.
[The Three West Coast] projects receiving awards in TIGER VII that directly aid the movement of goods through U.S. commercial ports are:
• Oxnard Harbor District (Port of Hueneme) for $12.3 million. The grant will provide funding to help improve the intermodal infrastructure at the Port of Hueneme, including deepening Berths 1 and 2, strengthening Wharf 1, modernizing cargo handling infrastructure, and extending on-dock rail.
• San Diego Unified Port District for $10 million. This grant will provide funding to help modernize the port’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal by removing obsolete transit sheds and constructing a new laydown area for temporary equipment storage with on-dock rail improvements.
• Port of Newport (Ore.) for $2 million. Funds from this grant will help construct an international deep-water marine terminal with intermodal (marine/river/highway) access.