The WPS Pulliam Power Plant Site (Fox 11 Online)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Port of Green Bay’s request for $25 million in federal assistance was not granted to build a new port terminal at the mouth of the Fox River, which would allow the coal piles to move out of downtown Green Bay.
The federal grant request was made after cost estimates for the project came in $19 million more than an initial estimate.
The project at the former Pulliam Power Plant site on the western edge of the Fox River, about two miles north of the current site of the coal piles, includes dredging and installing a new dock wall, stormwater management, new rail lines, and new roads.
The U.S. Department of Transportation had more than 1,000 requests for grants and awarded $1.8 billion to 148 projects, including $25 million for a new Valley Transit Center in Appleton that will include affordable housing.
When the funding gap was discovered through new cost estimates last summer, county officials said it was possible construction would have to happen in phases. Money is in place to start dredging and construction of the new dock wall, but more money is needed for the rest of the work to begin.
About $30 million has already been secured for the new port.
The hope was to start construction next year, with a majority of the work happening in 2025.
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