Ed Voigt, a spokesman for the Philadelphia district office of the U.S. Business groups and labor unions support it, and Congress first authorized the deepening project in 1992. Dredging began in 2010, with crews working section by section. Chris Coons, D-Del., said in a statement. ‘Delaware’s maritime trade supports our state’s economy by expanding commerce and creating high-quality jobs,’ Sen. More recently, Delaware’s current members of Congress have supported funding for the project as a boost to the Port of Wilmington, while New Jersey Gov. Pennsylvania’s governors and members of Congress have long supported it as a way to bring more commerce to the Port of Philadelphia, but Delaware and New Jersey officials have been circumspect. ‘There’s no more important economic development opportunity in all of southeastern Pennsylvania than this deepening.’ The Army Corps of Engineers is deepening a 103-mile stretch by five feet, to 45 feet, to accommodate larger commercial ships. ‘I’m just glad that the vice president and the administration listened to my arguments on this because it’s critically important to the southeast,’ Casey said. He characterized the quest for funding as a long and difficult one, requiring numerous conversations with Vice President Joe Biden and the president, and called the economic opportunity to southeastern Pennsylvania the biggest that he knows of. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said the proposal is a crucial step in the decades-long process that could ensure the project is finished. (AP) – President Barack Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget proposal includes another $20 million to continue a Delaware River deepening project, Pennsylvania and Delaware members of Congress said Wednesday.
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