Dundalk Marine Terminal will get $31 million in federal funds for reconstruction work at the Port of Baltimore’s largest general cargo facility.

The terminal was picked to receive a grant through the Biden Administration’s Investing in America initiative, U.S. Department of Transportation officials said Monday. The funding is part of $38.4 million being sent to Maryland through the initiative’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program. It also includes $7.5 million to go toward replacing and repairing portions of the Curtis Creek Drawbridge on Interstate 695 near the site of the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The terminal grant will go toward a first phase of reconstruction of Berth 11, one of the facility’s 13 berths, the announcement said. Nearly 600 feet of wharf deck will be repaired or replaced, including pilings, substructure, storm water drainage, utilities, flood barriers and tidal gates. The 570-acre terminal handles containers, autos, farm and construction equipment, and other cargo.

The federal grant will cover 60% of the cost, and the state will need to fund the remaining portion, said Richard Scher, a spokesman for the Maryland Port Administration. That’s roughly $20 million.

The Port Administration also is reinforcing other berths at Dundalk that handle roll-on/roll-off equipment. Scher said other berths there have been reconstructed, and additional berths will be completed as funding becomes available.

Baltimore’s port handles more heavy farm and construction machinery than any other U.S. port.

“This equipment continues to increase in size and weight,” Scher said. “Strengthening our berths will help us better accommodate this machinery and allow us to continue to grow this business.”

The Maryland projects are among 44 in a $4.2 billion round of funding designed to improve safety, mobility and economic competitiveness in areas such as port expansion and bridge construction.

“With this latest round of awards, dozens of major and much-needed projects — projects that are often difficult to fund through other means — are getting the long-awaited investments they need to move forward,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a press release.

Federal officials chose projects based on criteria such as economic impact, job creation, climate change and the environment and innovation in technology and financing.

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