US ferry operators to receive $200M in grants to modernize fleets
$7.5 million to go toward Governors Island service
The Biden administration will issue $200 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday.
The grant program will focus on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping them acquire modern ferries, including electric boats, and upgrading shore infrastructure to support low-emission ferry service, officials said.
Twelve ferry operators in the territory of American Somoa and the states of California, Washington, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina will receive grants, said Nuria Fernandez, administrator of the Federal Transit Administration.