Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) will receive $10 million in federal funds for the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal.
The federal funds will be used to protect the Dundalk Marine Terminal from severe weather events, future sea level rise and possible climate change impacts.
The funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Lender Development (BUILD) transportation grant program will assist MDOT MPA’S $36.7 million Resiliency and Flood Mitigations Improvement project.
The port’s flood mitigation project includes deployment of berth and landslide sea curbs, storm drain backflow preventers and a water storage structure to prevent flooding.
–Robert Sobus