The Wabasha Port Authority applied for and received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration for over $2.54 million dollars.
Port Authority President John Friedmeyer, says the grant award affords them the ability to fund the construction of a new inland river barge terminal at Upper Mississippi River Mile Marker 760 and develop the necessary access road and utilities to support its operation.
The goal of this project has been about managing the dredge material generated from keeping the Mississippi River’s navigational channel open, managing the material in a safe way that has little impact on the health and wellbeing of our community.
The grant will support the construction of the Wabasha Barge Facility on a vacant, 59-acre parcel on the far west-side of Wabasha, known as the “Carrel’s site”. The Wabasha Port Authority would own the project site and contract out the port operations and transportation of materials.
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