Amount Requested: - $5,000,000

Plymouth Harbor is a federally authorized harbor, which means the federal government is obligated to maintain water depths for safe passage. These funds will be used for the maintenance dredging of the entrance channel.  Taxpayer funds are used to fix roads and bridges, but in many cases federal funding for dredging projects are shortchanged in the budget process.  Consequently, the only way the work can be done is if it is sponsored as an “earmark” by a Member of Congress. That is the case with respect to this project 

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