Monday, September 9, 2013

Vice President Biden To Visit Port of Baltimore Today

Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Port of Baltimore today as part of a tour of East Coast ports seeking federal money to accommodate increased freight expected from the Panama Canal in coming years.

The White House said last week Biden would add Baltimore to an earlier announced line up of visits to the ports of Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C. Biden is scheduled later this month to visit Panama, where an expansion of the canal is expected to be completed in 2015.

Biden's trip was announced days after the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Baltimore a $10 million grant to build more access to rail, expand storage at Fairfield Marine Terminal, and help widen the channel at Seagirt Marine Terminal.

The federal money will be matched with a state grant of $19.5 million.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nothing but stimulus money given to create the appearance of more jobs created. No mention of the major vehicle importer who picked up and moved their business to Norfolk ports.