Amount Requested: $30,905,000.00

The Port of Houston Authority is requesting a total of $30,905,000 for operations and maintenance projects for the Houston Ship Channel. The activity along the Houston Ship Channel is responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact.  It is a critical economic engine for the Houston region, the State of Texas and the United States.  Maintaining this dynamic waterway system is imperative to protecting these economic benefits. The channel is also integral to our nation’s energy security as host to the largest refinery in the United States and second largest petrochemical complex in the world. A 2007 economic impact study using 2006 full year data, highlighted the national economic impact of the Port of Houston, including: 285 billion in economic value, $72 billion in personal income, $16.2 billion in federal taxes, 1.5 million jobs to the nation’s economy. In addition to housing a $15 billion petrochemical complex, it is the 7th largest container port in the United States,  providing for 50 million consumers within a 500-mile radius.