President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 that
begins Oct. 1 includes $35 million for continued deepening the Delaware River
navigation channel, three U.S. senators said Tuesday.
Deepening the channel from 40 feet to 45 feet would put
ports between Philadelphia, Camden and the Atlantic Ocean in line with other
major East Coast ports.
The proposed $35 million is $15 million more than $20
million allocated in the current 2014 fiscal year, U.S. Sens. Robert P. Casey
Jr. (D., Pa.), Tom Carper (D., De.), and Chris Coons (D., De.) said in a
statement.
The deepening project, which began in March 2010, received
$42 million in federal funds in fiscal year 2013, and $16.9 million in fiscal
year 2012.
The entire $300 million deepening is expected to be
completed in 2017, said Ed Voigt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public affairs
chief in Philadelphia.
Source: Philly.com
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