Wisconsin Gets $10 Million in Grants to Strengthen Ports

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, announced Harbor Assistance Program grants totaling more than $10 million for five harbor maintenance and construction projects in La Crosse, La Pointe, Marinette, Green Bay and Manitowoc. Improvements will help strengthen supply chain reliability, support waterborne freight, and assist with economic development in Wisconsin’s coastal communities.

“As billions of dollars of cargo move through our ports each year, maintaining and improving these critical parts of our state’s infrastructure is exceedingly important to ensuring Wisconsin’s businesses and producers can get products to market and we can keep building the 21st-century infrastructure we need to compete in a global economy,” says Gov. Evers.

Projects supported by the over $10 million in Harbor Assistance Program grants include: $808,000 for the Town of La Pointe Harbor Commission and the Madeline Island Ferry to construct pile clusters, modify the ferry landing, and dredge harbors used by the ferry; $2.3 million for Hanke Terminals in La Crosse; $3 million for Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette to dredge, repair dock walls, and install mooring bollards and fenders; $2 million for the Port of Green Bay and the Fox River Port Development Site to install a dock wall, dredge, fill behind a bulkhead and regrade property; and $1.8 million for City Centre LLC, in Manitowoc to construct a load-out pad on the Manitowoc River.