{"id":57134,"date":"2025-03-07T02:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T23:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/port-of-albany-receives-grant-to-support-electrification-infrastructure-and-maritime-commerce\/57134\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T02:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T23:23:54","slug":"port-of-albany-receives-grant-to-support-electrification-infrastructure-and-maritime-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/port-of-albany-receives-grant-to-support-electrification-infrastructure-and-maritime-commerce\/57134\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Albany receives grant to support electrification infrastructure and maritime commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-03-06T15:40:44.0000000\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">March 6, 2025<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-03-06T15:40:44.0000000\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"images-wrapper single\">\n<div class=\"images\">\n<div class=\"image active\">\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        The Port of Albany received an $18.8 million grant from Empire State Development\u2019s (FAST NY) program for utility infrastructure as part of the Port&#8217;s expansion project. Credit: Port of Albany&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>New York Governor\u00a0Kathy Hochul<\/strong> announced that the <strong>Albany Port District Commission (APDC)<\/strong> was awarded an <strong>$18.79 million grant<\/strong> from Empire State Development\u2019s Focused Attraction of Shovel-ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) program for utility infrastructure work at Beacon Island, including installation of a high-voltage substation, a sanitary wastewater treatment plant, and the intake lines and pump station package for the fire protection system.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Albany\u2019s Expansion Project is a fully graded 85-acre site with access to 115Kv power lines and the navigable Hudson River that presents a unique asset to manufacturers of a variety of large-scale components. The project was one of seven awards that received a total of $32.6 million in development of shovel-ready sites throughout the state; the Port\u2019s award was the single largest award in this round of funding.<\/p>\n<p>FAST NY is designed to prepare and develop sites across the state to further New York\u2019s shovel-readiness and increase its attractiveness to large employers and high-tech manufacturing companies.<\/p>\n<p>With this next phase of work, the investment (to date) is nearly $178 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Port continues to be a key regional economic driver with an annual impact of more than $428 million and approximately 1,400 local jobs and 4,500 jobs throughout the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; March 6, 2025&#13; &#13; &#13; The Port of Albany received an $18.8 million grant from Empire State Development\u2019s (FAST NY) program for utility infrastructure as part of the Port&#8217;s expansion project. Credit: Port of Albany&#13; New York Governor\u00a0Kathy Hochul announced that the Albany Port District Commission (APDC) was awarded an $18.79 million grant &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/57135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}