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Alaska wins large in FTA ferry funding awards

marinesalvage by marinesalvage
March 21, 2024
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TUstumena will get FTA ferry grant
TUstumena will get FTA ferry grant

$68 million of the FTA funding going to Alaska will go to the M/V Tustumena alternative vessel undertaking.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday introduced the recipients of $384.4 million in federal funding for ferries applications, with the Alaska Marine Highway System accounting for a whopping $285 million of the awards.

How come Alaska did so properly? Senator Lisa Murkowski is giving herself quite a lot of the credit score. “This landmark funding was made possible by H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), in which Senator Murkowski played a lead role writing and negotiating for Alaska,” says a post on her website.

$68 million of the Alaska funding will go to the long-in-the-works undertaking to construct a alternative for the M/V Tustumena ferry serving rural southwest Alaska.

In whole, FTA is awarding 23 grants throughout 11 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Grants will fund initiatives that embody the alternative of outdated vessels, growth of fleets and constructing of recent terminals and docks.

The funding is being made accessible by means of three FTA aggressive grant applications.

  • FTA’s Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program gives aggressive funding to states for ferry service in rural areas. FTA is awarding $252.4 million to eight initiatives in 4 states.
  • FTA’s Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program gives aggressive funding for electrical or low-emitting ferries and charging gear that cut back greenhouse fuel emissions through the use of different fuels or on-board vitality storage techniques. FTA is awarding $97.6 million to seven initiatives in seven states.
  • FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program helps capital initiatives to determine new ferry service, and restore and modernize ferry vessels, terminals, and services and gear in urbanized areas. FTA is awarding $34.4 million to eight initiatives in six states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In addition to the Alaska initiatives, others receiving funding embody

The Maine Department of Transportation will obtain $28 million by means of the Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program to construct a hybrid-electric vessel to switch a 35-year-old vessel that has exceeded its helpful life. The new hybrid-electric vessel will cut back greenhouse fuel emissions and promote environmental sustainability for the roughly 600 residents of the island of Islesboro, a rural neighborhood in higher Penobscot Bay that depends on passenger ferry service.

New Jersey Transit will obtain $7.29 million by means of the Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program to transform two New York Waterway vessels from diesel energy to battery electrical propulsion techniques and purchase charging gear to help them. The undertaking will enhance service reliability, state of fine restore and enhance air high quality in the neighborhood.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will obtain $6.6 million by means of the Passenger Ferry Grant Program to modernize the Hingham Ferry dock to enhance security and accessibility and guarantee it stays in a state of fine restore. MBTA will stabilize the ferry dock, reconstruct walkways, upgrading lighting, security and safety techniques and facilitating back-up energy, permitting for a rise in ferry capability, operational flexibility, and resiliency.

Projects had been chosen for funding based mostly on standards described in a Notice of Funding of Opportunity. In response, FTA obtained 47 eligible purposes in 16 states and one territory, totaling practically $602 million in requests.

Read the complete list of recipients

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Tags: Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot ProgramFerry Services for Rural Communities ProgramFTATustumena
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