President Biden visiting Maine border

NEW HAMPSHIRE – (WMTW) – President Joe Biden shall be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Tuesday afternoon for his second go to to the Granite State within the final six months.

Air Pressure One is predicted to land on the Pease Worldwide Tradeport in Portsmouth round 1:30 p.m. earlier than the president heads to the New Hampshire Port Authority to talk at 2:45 p.m.

Portsmouth Harbor is the one deep-water harbor in New Hampshire and is positioned on the Piscataqua River.

The harbor, which incorporates the state-owned Port of New Hampshire Market Road Terminal, in addition to a number of non-public terminals, performs an integral position within the area’s financial system and commerce.

Portsmouth Harbor handles roughly 3.5 million tons and practically $2 billion of cargo a 12 months, together with rock gypsum, street de-icing salt, residence heating oil, and underwater fiber optic cable.

Terminals on the Piscataqua River, together with Sprague Power and Irving Oil, present greater than 80% of residence heating oil utilized in New Hampshire.

Portsmouth Harbor can be the house of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, which companies Virginia-class nuclear submarines and is present process main capital enhancements.

Earlier this 12 months, the Biden Administration awarded $1.7 million from the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers for upkeep dredging of the transport channel and basin in Portsmouth Harbor by the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.

The port anticipates that the upkeep dredging funded by the bipartisan infrastructure legislation will start within the fall.

This builds on an $18.2 million Military Corps venture in Portsmouth Harbor for navigation enchancment funded in 2021.

The venture widened the uppermost turning basin of the Piscataqua River from 800 ft to 1,200 ft, bettering navigation security.

Earlier than widening the turning basin, the port was solely capable of transfer bigger ships in supreme situations, akin to excessive tide, daylight and light-weight winds. The venture was accomplished earlier this month.

Different infrastructure investments at Portsmouth Harbor embody a $2.3 billion venture on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to extend the shipyard’s capability to take care of nuclear submarines. A $1.7 billion contract was awarded to this venture by the Navy in August 2021. The venture is being incrementally funded and anticipated to take seven years to finish.

The president’s funds for Fiscal 12 months 2023 requested $503 million, with the remaining steadiness to be requested in future budgets.

The Port simply began work on a $12 million venture to rehabilitate and modify the present ship berth on the state-owned Market Road Terminal.

The venture is partially funded by a $7.5 billion U.S. Division of Transportation BUILD grant. When the work is full, the terminal will be capable to settle for bigger cranes and cargo, together with wind vitality elements.

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