FY2024 Great Lakes Navigation Budget Breakdown

By GLSR Staff  |  Latest News
The Biden Administration has proposed a total of $1.683 billion from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for the Corps’ deep draft coastal navigation O&M program. Of this total, $275 million will be spent in the Great Lakes. These funds are used for harbor and channel dredging, repair of breakwaters and jetties and lock maintenance. Below is a breakdown of the funding proposed in the Great Lakes.

Navigation O&M

$67.2M  Primary Dredging   3.05M cu yds 

$1.65M Alpena Harbor 

$1.12M Black River (Port Huron) 

$1.57M Burns Harbor 

$3.37M Calumet Harbor and River 

$2.20M Channels in Lake St. Clair 

$8.53M Cleveland Harbor 

$2.08M Conneaut Harbor 

$3.26M Detroit River 

$4.39M Duluth-Superior Harbor 

$0.96M Grand Haven Harbor 

$2.90M Green Bay Harbor 

$1.53M Holland Harbor 

$4.09M Indiana Harbor 

$1.85M Keweenaw Waterway 

$2.96M Lorain Harbor 

$1.12M Michigan City Harbor 

$2.85M Monroe Harbor 

$1.07M Presque Isle Harbor 

$1.83M Rouge River 

$2.87M Saginaw River 

$1.12M Sandusky Harbor 

$1.91M St. Clair River 

$1.01M St. Joseph Harbor 

$3.21M St. Marys River 

$6.33M Toledo Harbor 

$1.47M Waukegan Harbor 

$11.83M Project Condition Surveys 

$26.9M Lock Operation and Maintenance  

$2.22M Black Rock Lock 

$3.56M Chicago Lock 

$0.06M Inland Route 

$21.06M Soo Locks 

$3.10M Black Rock Lock Asset Renewal 

$3.00M Installation of Upper Miter Gates 

$0.10M Design of Chamber Resurfacing 

$3.46M Chicago Lock Asset Renewal 

$2.50M Relocation of Utility Power Feed 

$0.16M Replacement of Communications System 

$0.80M Construction of Power Distribution Upgrades 

$68.2M Soo Locks Asset Renewal/Maintenance 

$37.00M Design and Procurement of Marine Lifting Equipment 

$12.00M Design and Construction for Rehab of North Side of West Center Pier 

$6.00M Design and Construction of Poe Lock Dewatering Emergency Bulkhead 

$3.00M West Center Pier Safety, Security, and Lighting Replacement 

$2.70M Construction of Poe Lock Stop Log Recess Repairs 

$2.30M Condition and Functionality Assessment of St Marys River Ice Islands 

$2.00M Design/Repair of Gate 3 Structural Defects 

$1.10M Improvements to Facilities Sustainment Management System 

$0.98M Disposal of Sabin and Davis Lock Gates 

$0.75M Design for Rehab of South Side of West Center Pier 

$0.32M Rehab of Facility Service Access Road 

$13.4M Floating Plant Fleet Repair (Calumet, Cleveland, Conneaut, Duluth-Superior, Fairport, Milwaukee, Two Harbors) 

$7.81M Strike Removal 

$3.15M Detroit River 

$0.64M St. Clair River 

$4.02M St. Marys River 

$13.95M Dredged Material Management 

$2.79M CDF Fill Management (Calumet, Duluth, Milwaukee) 

$5.81M CDF Maintenance (Detroit, Indiana, Saginaw, St. Clair) 

$5.04M CDF Operations (Cleveland, Indiana, Saginaw) 

$0.30M Dredged Material Management Plan and Assessment (Green Bay) 

$50.5M Structure Design, Maintenance, and Repairs 

$0.20M Barcelona Harbor – Design of West Breakwater Grouting Repairs 

$0.01M Cheboygan Harbor – Critical Breakwater Safety Maintenance 

$5.00M Chicago Harbor – Construction of Eastern Outer Breakwater Repairs 

$4.50M Chicago Harbor – Design and Construction of Extension Breakwater 

$0.25M Fairport Harbor – Design of West Breakwater Repair 

$0.30M Great Sodus Bay Harbor – Design of East Breakwater Repair  

$2.00M Kewaunee Harbor – Design and Construction of South Harbor Wall 

$0.25M Lorain Harbor – Design of West Breakwater Repair 

$12.00M Manitowoc Harbor – Construction of North and South  Breakwater Repairs 

$10.0M Oswego Harbor – Construction of Outer West Breakwater Repair 

$16.00M Vermillion Harbor – Design and Construction of East and West Pier Repairs 

$0.85M Sediment Sampling & Analysis (Erie, Manistique, Marquette, Ogdensburg, Two Rivers) 

$0.96M Real Estate Management for Navigation 

$0.43M Regional Navigation Structures Historic Report 

$0.22M Environmental Compliance (Black Rock Channel, Calumet, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Duluth-Superior, Grand Haven, Indiana, St Marys River, Toledo) 

$0.24M Cultural Resources (Black Rock Lock, Detroit, Duluth-Superior, Grand Haven, Kewaunee, Keweenaw, St Marys River) 

$0.60M Dam/Bridge Safety (Charlevoix, Chicago, Indiana, St Marys River) 

$3.08M St. Marys River/Soo Locks Security and Grounds (Estimated Nav Business Line Portion) 

$1.18M Lake Michigan Diversion – Water Management 

$0.25M Ice Study for Soo Locks Operating Season 

$0.12M Harbor Structure Maintenance Plan (Cleveland) 

$0.27M Breakwater Assessment Team  

$0.27M Regional Economic Data Collection 

$0.24M Industrial Hygiene Services (Detroit, Duluth-Superior, St. Marys River) 

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