Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Friday that Pennsylvania is investing $246 million into the Port of Philadelphia. HMonroeNews reports.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf was in Philadelphia Friday morning to announce a big state investment into the Port of Philadelphia.
The state is investing $246 million into the port. It’s being called plan 2.0. It nearly doubles the investment in PhilaPort that was made back in 2016. Back then, the Wolf Administration invested $300 million to modernize the port. They were able to build those massive blue cranes, as well as additional warehousing and the Southport Auto Terminal.READ MORE:“The Port of Philadelphia has always been one of the great ports in the United States,” Wolf said. “And shame on us, for maybe a few years we lost that mantle, but we’re coming back and it’s due to all the things that everybody is doing.
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