The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will put $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants towards projects that support boating all over the Bay.
Some of the 58 projects being funded are statewide, like $2 million that will go towards replacing the state’s ice breaker, J. Millard Tawes, and $1.241 million for storm damage and dredging that falls outside of regular dredging projects. (Dozens of individual dredging projects are funded, too.)
Others fill on-water emergency needs, like new fire boats for volunteer fire departments in Oxford and Bowleys Quarters on Middle River, and a fire pump for the Grasonville Volunteer Fire Department.
And many projects add or improve water access, like new dinghy docks, boat ramp and bulkhead repairs, and even a new town marina in Pocomoke City.
The Waterway Improvement Fund money is primarily generated by a five-percent vessel excise tax on boat purchases and titling.
Here is DNR’s list of grants by Maryland county:
Allegany County
North Branch of the Potomac River, Cumberland
New small boat access ramp and parking
$54,000
Anne Arundel County
Franklin Manor, Churchton
Dredging
$505,500 in matching funds
Mathias Cove and Main Creek, Lake Shore
Maintenance dredging
$341,500 in matching funds
Brady and Old Glory Coves, Pasadena
Maintenance dredging
$168,500 in matching funds
Old Man Creek, Severna Park
Maintenance dredging
$131,500 in matching funds
Spriggs Pond and Ross Cove, Arnold
Maintenance dredging
$128,400 in matching funds
Cheston Avenue Access, Annapolis
Improvement of bulkhead and installing dinghy dock
$99,000
Annapolis Fire Department
Outboard motor and forward-looking infrared camera
$2,000 in matching funds
Baltimore County
Gunpowder Falls State Park
Replace Hammerman boat launch
$130,000
Community Volunteer Fire Department of Bowleys Quarters, Middle River
New fire/rescue boat
$50,000 in matching funds
Calvert County
Fishing Creek, Chesapeake Beach
Maintenance dredging
$160,000
Town of Chesapeake Beach
Repairs to access piers at town boat ramp
$80,000
Caroline County
Crouse Park, Denton
Parking lot paving
$99,000
Martinak State Park
Bulkhead and dock replacement design and construction
$75,000
Marina Park, Federalsburg
Bulkhead repair
$30,000
Cecil County
Elk River Park
Elk River dredging
$940,000
Charles County
Sweden Point Marina, Smallwood State Park
Bulkhead replacement
$1 million
Sweden Point Marina, Smallwood State Park
Engineering for sanitary system upgrade
$100,000
Smallwood State Park
Concession building upgrades
$100,000
Dorchester County
Elliott Island Marina
Jetty and shoreline
$350,000
Cambridge Municipal Marina
Repairs and improvements
$99,000
Tyler’s Cove, Church Creek
Boat ramp and bulkhead construction
$90,000
Hoopersville Boat Ramp, Fishing Creek
Ramp and bulkhead construction
$90,000
Franklin Street Boat Ramp, Cambridge
Ramp improvements
$80,000
Town of Vienna
Improvements to boat slips, including utilities
$75,000
Harford County
Otter Point Landing, Abingdon
Boat ramp repairs and pier replacement
$165,000 in matching funds
Marina Point Park, Joppa
Engineering for remediation of the Mariner Point dredge material placement site
$100,000
Kent County
Bayside Landing Marina, Rock Hall
Marina renovation
$430,000 in matching funds
Chestertown Marina
Slip dredging
$150,000
Chestertown Marina
Basin improvements
$95,000
Prince George’s County
Fort Washington Marina
Engineering to dredge marina
$250,000
Queen Anne’s County
Love Point Maryland Park Service/Natural Resources Police Facility
Design for replacement of existing deteriorated bulkheads, stone revetments, breakwaters, and timber piers
$200,000
Deep Landing Boating Facility
Bulkhead replacement
$125,000 in matching funds
Matapeake Natural Resources Police Facility
Replace gas dock and fuel dispenser
$100,000
Town of Queenstown
Dredge boating slips
$50,000
Grasonville Volunteer Fire Department
Fire pump and generator modules for fire boat
$12,500 in matching funds
Somerset
Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield
Improvements including replacement of bulkhead, bath house roof and electric trunk line
$996,000
Smith Island
Dredging of Sheep Pen Gut
$500,000
Dames Quarter, Princess Anne
Bulkhead replacement
$99,000
St. Peters Creek, Princess Anne
Bulkhead replacement
$99,000
Janes Island State Park
Design for repair of boat ramp and construction of transient slips
$75,000
Talbot County
Skipton Landing, Cordova
Replace dock
$55,000
Tongers Basin, Tilghman Island
Bulkhead repairs
$55,000
Oxford Volunteer Fire Department
Fire rescue boat
$50,000 in matching funds
Town of St. Michaels
Harbor Road slip improvements
$30,000
Town of St. Michaels
Marina restroom construction
$30,000
Town of Oxford
Dinghy dock
$25,000
Dogwood Harbor, Tilghman Island
Finger pier
$15,000
Wicomico County
Cedar Hill Marina, Bivalve
Bulkhead construction
$99,000
Pirates Wharf, Quantico
Construct a new boating facility
$400,000 in matching funds
Riverside Boat Ramp, Salisbury
Boat ramp renovation
$99,000
Worcester County
Pocomoke City
Construct town marina
$363,000 in matching funds
Pocomoke River State Park – Shad Landing
Replace marina and repair boat ramp
$200,000
Public Landing, Snow Hill
Dredging
$200,000
Statewide
Funds toward replacement of J. Millard Tawes motor vessel
$2 million
Dredging/navigation/storm damage in designated public shallow water channels or publicly owned boating facilities that occur outside the budget cycle or exceed statewide appropriated funding amount
$1.241 million
State match for Federal Clean Vessel Act
$163,000
State match for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Boating Programs
$50,000
-Meg Walburn Viviano
