CURRENT STATUS OF COST-SHARED DEEP-DRAFT HARBOR PROJECTS

With passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 86), a 16-year hiatus in major harbor improvement authorizations ended. This act authorized 39 channel improvement projects ranging in depth from 12 to 76 ft. It also introduced provisions requiring local sponsors to share the cost of harbor improvements with the federal government, the percentage being dependent upon the depth of the improvement. As of January 1989, 15 ports had signed local cooperation agreements, and another six are likely to be signed in 1989. In addition, passage of WRDA 88 authorized three additional deep-draft harbor projects and reinforced a goal of biannual water resources legislation, thus ensuring a steady pace of the new harbor improvement projects needed to keep U.S. ports competitive in the world economy.

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• Authors:
  • Skaggs, L Leigh
  • Grier, David V
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 34-45
• Monograph Title: PORTS, WATERWAYS, AND INLAND WATER TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1222
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Cost sharing; Deepwater harbors; Harbors; Improvements; Ports
• Identifier Terms: Water Resources Development Act of 1986
• Uncontrolled Terms: Authorizations
• Old TRIS Terms: Deep-draft harbor projects; Water resources development act 1988
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494736
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309049547
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM