Source: United States Senator for Ohio Rob Portman
Funding Made Available through Portman’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
October 28, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announcement of a more than $27 million award to the Port of Cleveland through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The PIDP is the principal source of federal funding for infrastructure improvements at our nation’s ports. Thanks to Portman’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), funding for the PIDP is nearly double its funding level for FY2021.
“Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Port of Cleveland will now have access to much needed resources to modernize and strengthen their facilities. This investment will help support the movement of goods to Americans, while at the same time, helping export our American-made products to consumers around the world,” said Portman. “While supply chains in the U.S. and around the world continue to be severely congested, this additional funding to improve the Port of Cleveland is more critical than ever. This grant is yet another example of how the bipartisan infrastructure law is benefiting Ohio’s economy and our workers as well.”
The funding from this grant will goes toward both development and construction activities at the Port of Cleveland. It will modernize a 144,000-square-foot warehouse; expand stormwater collection and treatment infrastructure; construct a modernized maintenance and repowering facility for terminal equipment, and; install electric infrastructure to meet the power requirements of ship cold ironing and electrified cargo handling equipment.
The IIJA provides a total of $2.25 billion over five years for the PIDP. This competitive grant program is the main source of federal funding for port infrastructure needs. It provides funding for planning, operational and capital financing, and project management assistance to improve port capacity and financing for ports all around the country.
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