GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The plan to redevelop a former power plant property into a new location for downtown Green Bay’s coal piles is getting more than $10 million in federal money.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the grant to the Port of Green Bay this morning. (FRI) The money is coming from the infrastructure law.
Brown County recently bought the former Pulliam Power Plant site at the mouth of the Fox River. The goal is to move coal piles owned by C. Reiss Coal Company from the west bank of the Fox River to the former power plant site. The current coal pile location would then be opened up for redevelopment.
The total cost of the project has been estimated at $25 million.
According to the U.S. DOT, the project includes creating a new port terminal, clearing and cleanup of a brownfield site, building and filling new dock walls and bulkheads, dredging, placing fill, building storm water collection and treatment facilities, installing bollards and crane pads, resurfacing asphalt, building new roads and utilities, truck scales, a new office building, and repairing and extending a railroad spur.
The Biden Administration says the Infrastructure law invests billions of dollars to modernize ports of all sizes.
“So many of the goods we all count on, from appliances to furniture to clothes, move through our nation’s ports on their way to us,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “Using funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this year we’re awarding record levels of funding to improve our port infrastructure, strengthen our supply chains, and help cut costs for American families.”
To learn more about the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), click here.
