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| PFBC THINKS BIG IN PITTSBURGH |
| February 28, 2008 |
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| Harrisburg, PA—The Pennsylvania Fish
and Boat Commission is set to receive $1.35 million in federal funding through the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s
Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program.
BIG provides federal funds for projects designed to accommodate
transient, recreational motorboats that are 26 feet or longer. The BIG funds awarded to the Fish and
Boat Commission will be used to construct transient boat docks along the South Shore Riverfront Park in Pittsburgh.
The facility will consist of a 525-foot tie-up facility for transient boaters and day dockage uses for
up to 17 large, non-trailerable boats.
“This
is the first time the Fish and Boat Commission was successful in securing federal funding of this magnitude
through the nationally competitive part of the BIG program,” Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director Dr.
Douglas Austen said. “It’s a very good project for Pennsylvania’s boating program that will positively
impact tourism and local economic activity in the Pittsburgh area for years.”
The BIG funding provided for the
South Shore Riverfront Park project is just a small part of a larger multi-million dollar redevelopment
effort by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh.
To learn more about the BIG program or other
boating related grant programs, go to the Grants section of our site. |
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