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原文传递 Helena Harbor Awarded $6,412,652 Under Port Infrastructure Development Program

题名：	Helena Harbor Awarded $6,412,652 Under Port Infrastructure Development Program
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	Officials with the Helena-West Helena/Phillips County Port Authority, known as Helena Harbor, announced October 28 that the inland river port in Phillips County, Ark., has been awarded $6,412,652 in grant funding to support additional rail features and a new water tower. Helena Harbor is a 4,000-acre industrial park and slackwater harbor located on the Mississippi River approximately one hour south of Memphis, Tenn. The grant was one among $703 million in grants announced by the Maritime Administration as part of its Port Infrastructure Development Program.John Charles Edwards, general counsel and economic development director for Helena Harbor, said, "This is now the largest single infrastructure investment in the history of Helena Harbor and the second major grant award this month."On October 6, the port received a $2,872,414 America's Marine Highway grant to support development of a container-on-barge terminal.The rail portion of the funding will build a new rail spur to support the new Helm Fertilizer Terminal expansion (See WJ, October 17).The water tower will improve water pressure, provide water for fire prevention and will be the first seismic-resistant elevated water tower in Phillips County.A grant was made by the Arkansas Waterways Commission earlier this year to help with the funding of a new staging lane project for tractor-trailer rigs that will deliver fertilizer that is offloaded from barges. "Developing cost-effective and reliable transportation options that will utilize our rail and inland river networks is just good business," Edwards said. He thanked the Biden/ Harris administration, the Arkansas congressional delegation, the U.S. Maritime Administration, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, State Sen. Keith Ingram, Phillips County Judge Clark Hall, Helena-West Helena Mayor Kevin Smith and the Arkansas Waterways Commission for supporting this award. In addition, he thanked Aimee Andres of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals for her advocacy in supporting the inland river transportation system and the officials of the Memphis Engineer District for their support.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	32
页码：	13-13