Port Milwaukee rehabilitating infrastructure to better serve customers

Two Potential Projects

A further bolstering of the Port’s competitive position in the region comes from two potential Port projects.  The Port is awaiting approval by the WisDOT to the Port’s Harbor Assistance Program (HAP) grant application. The proposed $3.969 million project includes logistics improvements, facilities and equipment upgrades beyond the rail work identified in the FRPP.  This includes entrance gates, rail crossings, paving, inspection racks, fencing, lighting and other rail equipment.  “An announcement could be made by WisDOT anytime from November 2019 to March 2020,” said Director Schlicht.

The PIDP grant application is for DeLong Co., Inc., an agriculture products wholesaler, to lease a parcel of property at the Port Milwaukee, Jones Island facility.  The Port grantee will develop an agriculture commodity transload facility for bulk shipments in Milwaukee inner harbor.  This will be the first on the GLSLS system specifically for the transload and export of Dry Distiller’s Grain with Solubles (DDGs).  Supplemental service is also envisioned for the export of soybeans, corn and grain via deep-draft, Seawaymax vessels.  Port Milwaukee transportation infrastructure will need to be modernized which includes demolition work and construction of upgraded moorings, fabric building, transload facility and equipment for rail and truck bulk loading into deep-draft bulk cargo vessels.  The project cost estimates are budgeted into the Port’s grant application totaling $31,366,928, according to the Port Milwaukee website report on the PIDP grant application.