ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor O'Malley joined Vice President Joseph Biden at the Port of Baltimore to highlight the $10 million in federal grants given to Maryland through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), which will improve our infrastructure and strengthen our economy for middle class families. During the event, the two were joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes, U.S. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings, and other elected officials.
The TIGER grant program allows for the Port of Baltimore to increase its cargo handling capacity and provide rail access at its Fairfield Marine Terminal.
"With today's announcement, we are rebuilding our infrastructure in order to compete in a modern economy,"said Governor O'Malley. "Together, with the Obama Administration and our federal partners, we're moving the Port of Baltimore forward, creating jobs and connecting our State with cities and ports half a world away."
Better choices lead to better results. By partnering with our private sector, together we are creating 5,700 jobs and preparing our port to take on the New Panamax ships that will be headed up the coast in the coming years. What's more, with the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, Maryland is activating long-term strategies to invest in Maryland’s transportation systems, and supporting 57,200 jobs with $4.4 billion in new investments in the next six years.
Click here or see attached one-pager to learn more how Governor O'Malley is investing in Maryland's infrastructure to create jobs and expand opportunity at the Port of Baltimore.
6 comments:
More jobs with tax money? They have done nothing for the economy but steal from the public , when will you people get it through your heads? Maybe your heads are up your a$$.
O'Malley and Obama are thieves!!
It's all about attempting to woo union businesses. In other words, bribery for kickbacks.
Parnering with the private sector?
Translation, please?
Ignore. It's just a political bull release.
What I see out of all of this is, these fancy new facilities sitting idle. For under current tax structures there's no businesses interested in operating in MD. The only people that will benefit are the construction contractors. Which makes me wonder about who's connected to them.
ginn....apparently you have not been to the port of baltimore? it is beyond busy...if you paid attention to cargo statistics you'd realize how these "fancy new facilities" would not be sitting idle....pretty ignorant claim. probably the only thing the governer is telling the truth about is the port. remember that just because the eastern shore's economy is almost non-existent doesn't mean the rest of the state is the same...maryland still has the highest earned income in the country...take a ride across the bridge and you'd see or stay in narrow minded lower shore.
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