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Dredging, infrastructure spending must top US priorities: AAPA chief
January 23, 2012 - 23:11 GMT
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Tampa, Fla.
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Kurt Nagel
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port dredging
Dredging maintenance and infrastructure spending issues should be addressed before initiating discussions on growing the economy, according to the head of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).
Speaking on the sidelines of AAPA’s Shifting International Trade Routes Conference in Tampa, Fla., Nagel said that money collected through the federal Harbor Maintenance Tax, a levy on goods shipped into the country, is not properly routed to maintain dredging needs at U.S. ports. As a result, he said, importers who bring in such heavy products as steel are unable to do so efficiently.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that $2.37 billion was allotted for operation and maintenance in the fiscal 2011 budget, with another $264 million set aside for the Mississippi River...
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