ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore announced Friday that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds . The funds will support new and …
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ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore announced Friday that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders, and other important infrastructure and initiatives.
“Investing in infrastructure is integral to achieving the full potential of Maryland’s resources,” said Gov. Moore. “This partnership between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and our local jurisdictions is critical to improving, maintaining, and promoting use of our public waterways.”
The Waterway Improvement Fund is primarily derived from the one-time 5% excise tax when a boat is purchased and titled in the state, as well as a small portion of the state gas tax. It has been used to construct and maintain more than 400 public boating facilities and more than 250 public navigational channels across the state as well as the acquisition of vessels.
“Maryland’s Waterway Improvement Fund is an outstanding example of a user-pay, user-benefit program,” said Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz. “Paid largely by Maryland’s boating public, supporting local efforts are critical to this partnership.”
Applications are reviewed and projects are selected based on local government and state needs and priorities, which are evaluated to determine the benefit to the general motor boating public.
Starting after July 15, the Department of Natural Resources will accept Waterway Improvement Fund applications for the next fiscal year through the department’s online Grants Gateway.
Eastern Shore projects include:
Water Street Boat Ramp and Fire Pier, Charlestown
Dredging
Tylers Cove, Church Creek
Renovation
Chestertown Marina
Dredging
Betterton Public Landing
Preliminary engineering
Thompson Creek Landing, Stevensville
Bulkhead Replacement
Little Creek Landing, Chester
Drainage and parking lot improvements
Somerset County (countywide)
Marina facility safety improvements
Tylerton Harbor, Smith Island
Breakwater
Easton Point Park
Engineering for Dredging
Cedar Hill Marina, Bivalve
Bulkhead restoration
Pirates Wharf Park, Quantico
Boating Facility Construction
Pocomoke City Boat Ramp
Boating access improvements, engineering services
Public Landing, Wharf Road, Snow Hill
Retaining wall and rip rap construction
George Island Landing Road, Stockton
Boat Landing Engineering Services
Pocomoke River State Park Shad Landing Marina and Boat Ramp
Marina and boat ramp replacement
Pocomoke River State Park Milburn Landing Boat Ramp
Ramp replacement