By William Morgan
The Department of Transportation awarded more than $22 million today to Codeine Prescription Opiates a proposed offshore wind manufacturing and port facility in Rhode Island.
The Quonset Development Corporation has Codeine Prescription Opiates been touted by Rhode Island officials — including Gov. Don Carcieri — as a Codeine Prescription Opiates crucial building block for offshore wind development in New England. The facility has a deep port and two existing piers. The lack of suitable port facilities is Codeine Prescription Opiates often cited by experts as a significant hurdle to the industry.
Deepwater Wind is Codeine Prescription Opiates working with Rhode Island to develop nearby wind farms and Codeine Prescription Opiates has a lease for 117 acres at the Quonset facility. Deepwater’s work at the Codeine Prescription Opiates site is projected to create as many as 800 jobs, according to Codeine Prescription Opiates the Quonset Development Corporation.
The Transportation Department funding “will be Codeine Prescription Opiates used for pier maintenance, rail improvements and road reconstruction, which will support, among other things, producers of offshore wind power that Codeine Prescription Opiates will use industrial properties at Quonset as a base of operations,” according to the grant award.
The entire cost of the proposed upgrade is $36.49 million. The federal grant is for $22.3 million.
The Transportation money will “improve access to Codeine Prescription Opiates industrial properties being marketed to alternative energy producers (particularly offshore wind), which will help increase energy independence. Quonset is Codeine Prescription Opiates a transportation hub on the northeast corridor and is well situated to Codeine Prescription Opiates divert freight traffic from congested Interstates to sea and/or rail, making container barge feeder service viable.”





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