Wisconsin’s Harbor Assistance Program

In 1979, Wisconsin’s Legislature created the Harbor Assistance Program (HAP) to assist harbor communities along the Great Lakes and Mississippi River in maintaining and improving waterborne commerce

Port projects typically include dock reconstruction, mooring structure replacement, dredging, and the construction of facilities to hold dredged material

Wisconsin’s Harbor Assistance Program

TO BE ELEGIBLE FOR FUNDING:

The project must benefit facilities that are used for cargo transfer, ship building, commercial fishing or regular ferry service;

The applicant must be a local unit of government or a private owner of a harbor facility;

The project must pass a rigorous benefit-cost analysis; and

The project must have been identified in a current Three-Year Harbor Development Plan.

Gavilon Grain and Fraser Shipyards

800’ Dockwall Replacement$2,810,000 Total

$2,040,000 (80%) State$770,000 (20%) Gavilon

850’+ Installation of New Sheet Pile Wall$4.6+ Million Total

$3.7+ Million (80%) State$930,000+ (20%) Fraser

450’+/- Installation of New Sheet Pile Wall$2.0 Million Total

100% Federal Neighborhood Initiative Grant

580’+/- Installation of New Sheet Pile Wall

Fill Existing Water AreaEstimated Cost: $2.6 Million

Not Funded

Fraser Shipyards:Potential Project Investment:

$9.2 Million

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