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10/14/2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the Kansas City Port Authority (Port KC) a $9.88 million federal grant for the Missouri River Terminal project.
The grant will be used for advanced project planning and redevelopment activities for the terminal site, such as preventative flooding maintenance, environmental remediation efforts, site design, land acquisition and limited pavement and rail access development, state officials said in a press release issued by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's office.
The terminal will be located at the site of a former steel mill near the confluence of the Missouri and Blue rivers. Port KC purchased the former mill site in 2018.
"Kansas City is already a major freight hub for the central United States, and this grant will help us continue to build on critical transportation infrastructure and spur economic development in the region and across Missouri," Parson said.
The Missouri River Terminal will provide access to water, highway and rail transportation service, which will help increase the efficiency of moving freight through Kansas City to and from West, Gulf and East Coast ports, state officials said.
"This critical grant funding will also help leverage additional private-sector investment that will fuel economic development and job creation," said U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who earlier this year urged the USDOT to approve the port's grant application for the project.
The funds were awarded through the USDOT's Port Infrastructure Development Grant program.