{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/team-maryland-announces-more-than-38-million-for-critical-transportation-and-port-infrastructure-projects-in-baltimore", "Team Maryland Announces More Than $38 Million for Critical Transportation & Port Infrastructure Projects in Baltimore", "2024-10-21", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MD", "Chris Van Hollen", "V000128", "www.vanhollen.senate.gov", "vanhollen", "https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Governor Wes Moore (all D-Md.), and Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld today announced $38,406,076 in U.S. Department of Transportation awards to rehabilitate the Dundalk Marine Terminal and the Curtis Creek Drawbridge. This investment will improve vital infrastructure at and around the Port of Baltimore, which is critical to Maryland's economy.\n\n\u201cThrough the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we continue to deliver historic resources to upgrade everything from our transportation network to the Port of Baltimore. With these major federal investments, we are priming the Port for future growth \u2013 while sustaining the thousands of jobs it already supports \u2013 and modernizing an essential bridge for commuting and commerce. These efforts will help drive Baltimore\u2019s economic success and create more good paying jobs for Marylanders,\u201d said Senator Van Hollen.\n\n\u201cWith these grants, the federal government is recognizing that Baltimore is home to nationally significant supply chain infrastructure that is overdue for investment and improvement. We are seeing once again how the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is delivering for Maryland, and we will continue to push for federal commitments to our infrastructure, including the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,\u201d said Senator Cardin.\n\n\u201cThis monumental federal investment is a transformative display of the continued unity among us in Team Maryland to deliver for all of those who have been personally affected by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and continue to navigate the recovery alongside us. After speaking with so many of those impacted, I was and remain inspired by their grit, fierceness, and commitment to getting through this disaster together,\u201d said Congressman Kweisi Mfume.\n\n\u201cThese two projects reinforce the Moore-Miller Administration\u2019s commitment to making Maryland more competitive by investing in our critical infrastructure, including our world-class Port of Baltimore,\u201d said Governor Moore. \u201cWe are grateful for the partnership from the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation and our Congressional delegation in supporting projects that will serve all Marylanders and help expand our growing economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cTogether, these federal grants will support increased economic growth at the Port of Baltimore and the greater Baltimore region,\u201d said Secretary Wiedefeld. \u201cThe funding will support critical rehabilitation efforts at the Dundalk Martine Terminal, the largest publicly owned terminal in the Port, and the Curtis Creek Drawbridge on I-695. Thank you to our federal delegation and partners for their continued commitment in rebuilding Baltimore's infrastructure better than before.\u201d\n\n\u201cThanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Biden-Harris administration is carrying out ambitious, complex transportation projects that will shape our country\u2019s infrastructure for generations to come,\u201d said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u201cWith this latest round of awards, dozens of major and much-needed projects \u2013 projects that are often difficult to fund through other means \u2013 are getting the long-awaited investment they need to move forward.\u201d\n\nThe funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grant Program (INFRA), which has administered historic levels of federal investments through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.\n\n$30,906,076, Dundalk Marine Terminal: Awarded to the Maryland Port Administration to reconstruct Berth 11, consisting of the rehabilitation and replacement of 597 linear feet of wharf deck including pilings, substructure, storm water drainage, utilities, and installation of new mooring bollards, cleats, pneumatic fenders, flood barriers, and tidal gates.\n\n$7,500,000, Curtis Creek Drawbridge Rehabilitation: Awarded to the Maryland Transportation Authority to rehabilitate parallel drawbridges over Curtis Creek on I-695. The project will replace portions of the reinforced concrete deck, perform repairs to the exposed steel superstructure and existing catwalks, remove and replace bridge parapets, traffic lights, and low-level lights, and install new electrical service systems, drainage systems, and pavement markings.\n\nThe Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grant Program provides funding for multimodal freight and highway projects of national or regional significance to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people in and across rural and urban areas.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/team-maryland-announces-more-than-38-million-for-critical-transportation-and-port-infrastructure-projects-in-baltimore"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1861069835722446, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}