PHILADELPHIA—Vice President Joe Biden visited the Port of Philadelphia on Thursday and took a tour on a dredging barge on the Delaware River to promote the ongoing project to deepen the Delaware River.
Biden, U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, Rep. Robert Brady, and Rep. Chaka Fattah were led on a tour of the barge by Brian Puckett, project manager for the Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Co., according to the Inquirer.
Biden promoted the Delaware River dredging project, which when completed will deepen about 100 miles of the river between the Delaware Bay and Philadelphia. The project was started in 2010 and should be finished in 2017, according to Ed Voigt, spokesperson for the Army Corps of Engineers. He says the project will allow larger container ships to travel the river.
"We need this work," Biden said. "We need this port."
President Obama has proposed $35 million for the project in his 2015 fiscal year budget. The overall cost for the multiyear deepening will likely approach $300 million. See story in the Inquirer.
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John Jordan
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