Walker approves $6.8M in harbor grants

Gov. Scott Walker has approved $6,805,219 in grants for three harbor projects in Wisconsin.

The money will be used to dredge and repair docks in Milwaukee, Superior and Two Rivers. The state’s Harbor Assistance Program provides 80 percent of the money and requires grant recipients to provide the additional 20 percent.

The three projects include:

City of Milwaukee – Edward E. Gillen Co. received $1,842,000 for the Gillen Marine Terminal. Cargo deliveries of more than 160,000 tons of steel and 2,000 tons of stone will be exported on barges for coastal construction projects on Lake Michigan.

City of Superior – Hallet Dock Co. will receive $3,332,269 to dredge 1,500 feet of vessel slip and to install sheet piling for 1,245 feet of adjacent dock wall at Dock 8 in Superior. The entire project area will be dredged to a depth of 28 feet.

City of Two Rivers – $1,630,950 will be used to dredge Two Rivers Harbor between the 17th Street Bridge and the 22nd Street Bridge, which will increase the depth of the federal channel from an average of 6.3 feet to 10 feet.

The next round of Harbor Assistance Program grant applications are due Feb 1.

— Kirsten Klahn