Portland Harbor News

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder on Wednesday urged a legislative committee to let the city keep $10 million allocated last year to help pay for dredging along the Portland Harbor waterfront rather than diverting the money to other uses as proposed in Gov. Janet Mills’...

Portland, South Portland and the Portland Harbor Commission plan to again apply for millions in federal funding to help pay for dredging around wharves, piers and marinas where silt has built up and reduced water depth and usable berthing space for the boats that use...

The cities of Portland and South Portland will again apply for federal transportation funds to help pay for a proposed dredging project. The two cities are looking for about $10 million, the last of the funds needed to move forward with waterfront dredging. Many...

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Saturday afternoon’s low tide was lower than most, the new moon leaving a vast, goey mudflat along the shore at the end of High Street. That’s where a group of 30 or so people had gathered just before dark, using the tidal muck and mire to...

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/08/30/portland-harbor-dredging-project-misses-out-again-on-federal-funding/

Additional support from the state of Maine, Cumberland County, or both, could allow Portland’s long-awaited harbor dredging project to begin in November. Officials said securing approximately $13 million still remaining, with help from the state or the county, could...