Business View Magazine - November 2016

Business View Magazine - November 2016 79 Business View Magazine 5 AAPA strongly advocates for new and additional funding in the next surface transportation bill that prioritizes freight projects which optimize and integrate the nation’s freight transporta- tion system.” Since its inception as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, AAPA has been a strong supporter of the TIGER grant program. In the first round of TIGER, port-related infra- structure projects received only 7 percent of the original $1.5 billion allocated. In the subsequent rounds, port-related infra- structure did better, garnering approximately 17 percent (of the total $556.6 million) of the second round, 12 percent (of the total $511 million) of the third round, 16 percent (of the total $485.3 million) of the fourth round, and 22 percent (of the total $474 million) in the fifth round. Projects that USDOT classified as “maritime” included in TI- GER VI awards are: Terminal 46 (T46) Modernization Project for $20,000,000 – Port of Seattle Norfolk International Terminals for $15,000,000 – Virginia Port Authority Port Newark Container Terminal Access Improvement and Ex- pansion Project for $14,800,000 – County of Essex, New Jer- sey Rehabilitation of Wando Welch Terminal for $10,840,000 – South Carolina State Ports Authority BT1 Infrastructure Expansion Project for $10,000,000 – Lake Charles (TX) Harbor and Terminal Seward Marine Terminal Expansion Planning Project for $2,500,000 – Alaska Railroad Corporation Oil Spill Response Access Dock Phase II for the Makah Tribe for $1,101,904 – Makah Indian Tribe (WA)