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After a difficult year with a greatly reduced budget for new and ongoing projects, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) expects a much better 2022. The waterway received $6,184,000 in congressional appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021, when it normally receives between $20 million and $30 million, AIWA Executive Director Brad Pickel said. The fiscal year 2020 appropriation was $28,047,000, for comparison. Although not finalized, President Joe Biden's May 28 budget request restores much of that funding for fiscal year 2022, beginning October 1, with a request for $23,153,000 in appropriations. "Until Congress passes the appropriations bill, nothing is final, but we feel like we're in an extremely good spot," Pickel said. |