U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award $2.4 million in federal funding to the Maine Department of Transportation for ferry service improvements in Maine. The funding, which is being distributed through the DOT’s Ferry Boat Discretionary Program, will be distributed as follows:
“ Maine’s ferry services are critical components of our state’s transportation system and are vital, not only to tourism, but to maintaining year-round communities on our islands ,” said Senator Collins . “ This federal investment will help provide critical upgrades to our aging ferry infrastructure and continue to promote economic development to our island communities.”
US DOT’s Ferry Boat Discretionary Program provides special funding for the construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, August 3, 2012; Image: cascobaylines