b'26American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comDELAWARE RIVER PORTS 2022 Pennsylvania governor announces $246 million investment in PhilaPortOn Feb. 4, Pennsylvaniabuild on its success over the Gov. Tom Wolf announced apast few years and will help $246 million state investmentPennsylvaniabuildonour into the Port of Philadelphiacommonwealthseconomic tocontinuemodernization(INVESTMENTcontinued efforts and improve regionalon page 32)economic stability. This fund-ing builds upon the governors comprehensive $300 million A rendering shows a new multipurpose berth planned for development at the Port of Philadelphias SouthPort MarineCapitalInvestmentProgram Terminal using newly announced state funding. atthePortofPhiladelphia announced in 2016.PhilaPort handling record volumes,The port is an economic driver,notonlyinPhiladel-phia, but across the common-looking to benefit from funding boost wealth, Wolf said. The port supportsjobs,encourages By Paul Scott Abbott, AJOT trade, and builds connections that help businesses and com- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Already handling recordTerminal, including a trio ofinstalled by a terminal operat- munities across Pennsylvaniaannounces $246 million in cargovolumes,thePortofsuper-post-Panamaxcranes,(BOOSTcontinued onthrive. This new $246 millionadditional state funding for the Port Philadelphia,marketedasjoining two similar units newlypage 32) investment will help the portof Philadelphia.PhilaPort,islookingtofur-ther enhance its infrastructure thanks to a newly announced injection of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars of Com-monwealthofPennsylvania funding.The$246millionstate investmentannouncedFeb. 4 by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (see accompanying box) shouldfurnishawelcome boost,facilitatingadvance-ment of a new multipurpose berth at the ports SouthPort MarineTerminalandother projects,accordingtoJeff Theobald, PhilaPorts execu-tive director and chief execu-tive officer.This is truly exciting for usatPhilaPort,Theobald toldAJOT.Thesecapital improvementsaregoingto increasetheflowofcargos thatshouldnaturallymove throughPhiladelphiaand give us the ability to compete fordiscretionarycargosto and from the Midwest.Today, Theobald added, wehavenocongestionat theport,andwesitinthe centeroftheworldsrichest consumermarket.Whenthe proper infrastructure improve-mentsaremade,thecargo willfollow.Wearecreating greater velocity and efficien-cies.Majorshippingcompa-nies have been quick to react to such improvements.The latest funding allows PhilaPorttolaunchitsPort Development Plan 2.0, build-inguponaccomplishments made possible under a $300 millioninitiativedubbed PortDevelopmentPlan1.0announced in late 2016 by Gov. Wolf.The 1.0 plan has brought PhilaPort development of the initial vehicle-handling phase of the SouthPort facility, Penn-sylvaniasfirstnewmarine terminalinnearlyahalf-century;significantupgrades atPhilaPortsprimarycon-tainer-handlinginstallation, thePackerAvenueMarine'