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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