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Ferry Boat Discretionary 2000 - 2012 Awards - Funds Available for Allocation (as of 10/18/2023)

STATE Award Year PROJECT ORIGINAL AWARD AMOUNT UNALLOCATED FUNDS AVAILABLE
Alabama 2001 Gees Bend ferry (2) $879,000 $0.01
Alabama 2012 Fort Morgan Dock Dolphin Structure Upgrades $400,000 $400,000.00
Alaska 2004 Coffman Cove/Wrangell/Petersburg Ferries and Ferry Facilities (5) $1,761,545 $11,955.20
Alaska 2009 City of Gustavus Public Dock and Floats, AK (9) - Breakwater construction $950,000 $92.91
Alaska 2010 Pelican Ferry Terminal Renovation $2,560,000 $223,278.86
Alaska 2012 Alaska Marine Highway– Motor Vessel (M/V) Tustumena Marine Sanitation Device Upgrade $675,000 $114,472.84
California 1996 Martinez to San Francisco Ferry; Construct Martinez terminal $231,000 $18,999.69
California 2010 McCann Ferry Improvement, Humboldt County $120,000.00 $72,000.00
California 2011 Vessels for the Berkeley/Albany Ferry Service $2,915,000.00 $2,915,000.00
California 2012 Construction of the Treasure Island Ferry Terminal $3,000,000.00 $2,800,000.00
Connecticut 2011 Water Street Dock and Terminal $1,825,000.00 $1,825,000.00
Florida 2010 Fort Gates Ferry Terminal Improvement, Putnam County $816,000 $522,726.00
Florida 2012 Kissimmee Ferry Boat Facilities on Lake Toho $150,000.00 $150,000.00
Georgia 2003 Savannah Water Ferry, Georgia(4) $496,750.00 $14.46
Georgia 2006 Savannah River Ferry, Chatham County - ferry and terminal facilities, including terminal access road (7) $787,757.00 $643,582.91
Georgia 2009 Savannah River Ferry System, GA (9) - landside and vessel capital improvements $475,000 $475,000.00
Hawaii 1999 Honolulu Harbor Pier 2 Improvements Hawaii State $3,000,000 $3,000,000.00
Illinois 2011 Grafton Ferry Landing Improvements $119,000.00 $19,833.10
Illinois 2012 Kampville Ferry Push Boat and Transport Barge $3,200,000.00 $355,070.20
Kentucky 2011 Augusta Ferry – Diesel Powered Generator Improvements $12,000.00 $644.80
Louisiana 2010 Replace Marine Radar for 6 Ferry Vessels in New Orleans , Jefferson, Orleans and Bernard Parishes $196,180 $13,493.35
Louisiana 2011 M/V Feliciana – Repower Vessel's Main Engines and Generators $515,000.00 $150,837.10
Louisiana 2012 White Castle Ferry – Modify Existing Landing Barges $260,000.00 $260,000.00
Maine 2002 City of Brewer waterfront redevelopment shoreline stabilization (3) $1,000,000.00 $0.01
Maine 2005 Penobscot River Passenger Ferry Docking Facility, Maine (6) $520,417.00 $160.15
Maine 2009 Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) at the Bass Harbor Terminal docking facility construction and refurbishment $600,000.00 $24,426.78
Maine 2011 Portland Terminal Improvements (Casco Bay Island Transit District) $810,000.00 $3,164.57
Maine 2012 Casco Bay Island Transit District Replacement Vessel Construction $1,200,000.00 $194,411.70
Massachusetts 1992 Rehabilitate Oaks Bluffs Harbor Ferry Terminal Bulkhead and restore channel. $2,475,000.00 $14,416.38
Massachusetts 2005 Commuter Ferry to Boston, Winthrop, Massachusetts $208,167.00 $17,453.20
Massachusetts 2009 Water Transportation Service Ferry, Town of Winthrop, MA - terminal construction and vessel acquisition $950,000.00 $165,000.00
Massachusetts 2009 Long Island Ferry Dock Construction, Boston, MA (9) $950,000.00 $950,000.00
Massachusetts 2010 Salem Ferry Pier Improvements, Essex County $2,530,613.00 $494,864.23
Massachusetts 2010 Steamship Authority Slip Improvements at Fairhaven Vessel Maintenance Facility, Bistol County $500,000.00 $99,999.99
Massachusetts 2011 Pemberton Pier Commuter Terminal Upgrade and Critical Repair $555,000.00 $57,400.00
Massachusetts 2012 Boston Inner Harbor Ferry Investment - Vessel Acquisition $1,280,000.00 $1,280,000.00
Michigan 2008 Port of Detroit Public Dock and Terminal, Wayne County - construction of the public dock and terminal building to serve new passenger ferry boat operations to connect suburban communities of Monroe, Wyandotte, Grosse Pointe, St. Clair Shores and Port Huron with the City of Detroit (8) $2,008,402.00 $7,523.33
Michigan 2010 Detroit Wayne County Port Authority – Ferry Boat Acquisition, Wayne County $2,400,000.00 $2,400,000.00
Mississippi 2011 Ship Island Ferry Boat Terminal (City of Gulfport) $347,400.00 $2,812.00
Mississippi 2012 Kings Point Ferry Boat and Barge Improvements $160,000.00 $579.00
Missouri 2011 Lewis County-Canton Ferry Landing Improvement – Phase 2 $80,000.00 $78,787.02
Missouri 2012 New Bourbon Ferry Terminal Improvements $148,800.00 $346.88
New Jersey 2003 Set-aside for construction or refurbishment of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities and approaches to such facilities within marine highway systems that are part of the National Highway System $4,967,500.00 $30,172.41
New Jersey 2006 Delaware Ferry Terminal, NJ, Riverlink ferry system improvements, Camden North and South Terminals, and potential Gloucester County terminal (FTA Transfer) (7) $1,575,514.00 $1,375,514.00
New Jersey 2006 Long Branch Ferry Pier, Monmouth County - design and construction of ferry pier (7) $708,982.00 $708,982.00
New Jersey 2009 Elizabeth Ferry (9) $475,000.00 $475,000.00
New Jersey 2010 Long Branch Pier and Ferry Terminal (Monmouth County) (10) $300,000.00 $300,000.00
New Jersey 2010 Set-aside for construction or refurbishment of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities and approaches to such facilities within marine highway systems that are part of the National Highway System $5,000,000.00 $4,193,050.57
New York 2002 Whitehall Terminal (3) $600,000.00 $18,827.00
New York 2002 Haverstraw-Ossining-Yonkers Ferry service terminals (3) $2,500,000.00 $360,184.00
New York 2002 City of Rochester harbor & ferry terminal improvement projects (3) $4,500,000.00 $296.00
New York 2006 LaGuardia Airport Ferry Terminal, Queens County - installation of ferry landing (7) $472,654.00 $472,654.00
New York 2008 Ferry Infrastructure, Manhattan East 34th Street ferry landing, New York City - ferry terminal rehabilitation (8) $642,346.00 $152,004.00
New York 2009 Staten Island ferry, Richmond Co. NY, Replacement of Oil Barge #4 $2,400,000.00 $330,518.00
New York 2009 Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, NY (9) - ferryboat and parking facility capital costs $1,330,000.00 $314,033.00
New York 2009 Ferry Pier Upgrades, Haverstraw, NY (9) $665,000.00 $87,272.00
New York 2010 Reconstruction of the Bayshore Ferry Terminal Bulkhead, Saltaire (10) $250,000.00 $250,000.00
New York 2010 Reconstruction of Whitehall Ferry Terminal Slip Substructure, Staten Island, New York County $2,000,000.00 $93,517.00
New York 2011 Improvements to the Bay Shore Maple Avenue Dock (Town of Islip) $2,440,000.00 $11,733.00
Ohio 2010 Ohio River Ferry Terminal and Landing Improvement Project, Brown County $260,000.00 $26,223.84
Ohio 2011 Lime Kiln Dock, South Bass Island Terminal Improvements $790,000.00 $474,791.98
Oregon 2011 Westport Ferry Landing Replacement $1,830,000.00 $48,553.76
Oregon 2012 Canby Ferry Rehabilitation Overland Transport $400,000.00 $2,733.52
Pennsylvania 2011 Pittsburgh Pool Landside Water Shuttle Landings $985,000.00 $985,000.00
Pennsylvania 2012 Pittsburgh Water Taxi Acquisition $559,614.00 $559,614.00
Puerto Rico 2009 Passenger Ferry Boat, San Juan, PR (9) - new boat construction $2,128,000.00 $2,128,000.00
Puerto Rico 2009 Fajardo – Vieques – Culebra public ferry - new vessel construction $3,000,000.00 $3,000,000.00
Rhode Island 2001 Providence and Newport ferry (2) $879,000 $253,938.07
Texas 2001 Port of Corpus Christi (North Harbor) ferry facility (2) $879,000.00 $58,620.23
Texas 2010 EPA Emission Overhauls (Engines), Galveston, Galveston County $1,440,000.00 $178,691.73
Texas 2010 Replace Wooden Creosote Fender System Composite Material on Harbor Island Landings, Nueces County ($307,654 from PC L950) $738,039.00 $303,050.00
Utah 2012 Lake Powell Ferry Crossing Improvements – Variable Message Sign Installation $120,000.00 $364.10
Virgin Islands 2010 Refurbished Passenger Ferry (10) $200,000.00 $200,000.00
Virginia 2012 Merry Point Ferry Dock and Traveler Information Improvements $140,000.00 $80,126.78
Washington 2007 Pierce County Ferry System - improvement of the Steilacoom Ferry landing by constructing a second ferry slip to include a short bridge trestle, transfer span, apron, pontoon, wing walls, dolphins, electrical, hydraulic, water & sewer work $2,000,000.00 $17,263.53
Washington 2009 Rich Passage Wake Impact Study, WA (9) - prototype modification and implementation $2,137,500.00 $2,043.03
Washington 2010 Guemes Ferry Anacortes Dock Girder Replacement, Skagit County $320,000.00 $151,718.46
Washington 2011 Seattle-Port Townsend Passenger-Only Ferry $1,304,000.00 $1,304,000.00
Washington 2011 Renovate Kingston Passenger Only Ferry and ADA Access Improvements $764,000.00 $764,000.00
Washington 2012 MV Yakima and Kaleetan PA System and General Alarm $900,000.00 $809,144.20
Washington 2012 Skagit County Guemes Ferry Dolphin Replacement $1,200,000.00 $61,599.41
Washington 2012 Lopez Terminal Trestle Pavement Rehabilitation $600,000.00 $59,686.00
Washington 2012 Washington State Ferries Vessel Renovations - Engines and Boilers Replacement $2,000,000.00 $906,393.99
Wisconsin 2006 Harbor Commission Car Ferry, Cassville (7) $315,103.00 $184,232.19
  1. The funding was designated by Congress in the conference report (House Report 106-355) accompanying the FY 2000 DOT Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-69).
  2. The funding was designated by Congress in the conference report (House Report 106-940) accompanying the FY 2001 DOT Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-346).
  3. The funding was designated by Congress in the conference report (House Report 107-308) accompanying the FY2002 DOT Appropriations Act (Public Law 107-87).
  4. The funding was designated by Congress in the conference report (House Report 108-10) accompanying the FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 108-7).
  5. The funding was designated for specific projects by Congress in the conference report accompanying the FY2004 Transportation Appropriations Act (Division F of Public Law 108-199).
  6. The funding was designated for specific projects by Congress in the conference report accompanying the FY2005 Transportation Appropriations Act (Division H of Public Law 108-447).
  7. The funding was designated for specific projects by Congress in the conference report accompanying the FY2006 Transportation Appropriations Act (Public Law 109-115).
  8. The funding was designated for specific projects by Congress in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (PL 110-161).
  9. Project designated by Congress in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-8)
  10. Project designated by Congress in the conference report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-117)
Updated: 10/18/2023
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