A $900,000 Grant was announced on Thursday by Governor Tony Evers that will help fund improvements at the Port of Manitowoc.
The Harbor Assistance Program grant from the Wisconsin DOT will partially fund the construction of new rail platform extensions at the City Centre LLC property to support the manufacturing, assembly, and shipping of cranes for the U.S. Navy. Two companies, Konecranes and Broadwind Heavy Fabrications, are constructing the enormous cranes for the U.S. Navy in Manitowoc. Those cranes, used for repairs of the Navy’s submarine fleet, have to be first tested, then shipped – fully assembled – to naval ports on the east and west coasts as well as in Hawai’i.
Harbor Assistance Program grants have already helped 29 Wisconsin ports to maintain and improve facilities since 1980. Sheboygan received $1.5 million from the program in 2012 to help in the dredging of its harbor.
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