Read more about the recent completion of a Little Rock Port Authority project funded in part by a $6.2 million grant written by Marsha Guffey. She now oversees the federal funding as the project continues into its second phase.

Full story can be found on ArkansasBusiness.com.

by Sarah Campbell-Miller , Arkansas Business, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 3:21 pm    

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, speaks at the Little Rock Port Authority on Thursday during a celebration of the completion of the first phase of its two-phase, $10.5 million project. (Sarah Campbell-Miller)

“U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., joined the Little Rock Port Authority on Thursday to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a two-phase, $10.5 million project that will make improvements to Slackwater Harbor, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability and new rail storage.

The project is funded in part by a $6.2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (or TIGER) program.”

Source: Talk Business & Politics 

The Little Rock Port Authority received the green light to start a $10.3 million expansion project, and this week, surveyors are on site working to design it, said Bryan Day, executive director for the port authority.

Last week, the federal Maritime Administration or MARAD signed off on an agreement, allowing the project to go forward. The project will add a dock and railroad access in the Slackwater Harbor along the Arkansas River in Little Rock. The new dock will allow for more barges to use the dock and to load and unload cargo more quickly. Also, about 1 mile of railroad will be built to the dock, allowing for direct access between rail and waterborne cargo.

The port authority, which is self-funded, received a $6.2 million federal grant to help pay for the project. In July 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the port authority would receive the grant as part of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program...

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