AAPA: Harbor Maintenance Tax Needs to Fund Planned Port Projects
The American Association of Port Authorities is asking appropriators to restore Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending to ports that have traditionally collected more harbor maintenance taxes than they have gotten in projects, and to return to a program of spending on emerging harbors, as laid out in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020. The letter also was signed by port directors around the country.
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"Donor and energy transfer ports, which were expecting to receive nearly $330 million in [WRDA] Section 102 funding to continue the important work started with FY24 funding, ultimately received no funding for this program in the Work Plan. "Similarly, the FY26 budget request includes no funding to carry out Section 102," they wrote.
They asked for $417.6 million for those donor ports, and for implementation of WRDA 2020.