U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler (both D-Calif.), along with Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), have announced that the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District will receive $426.7 million for the construction and maintenance of offshore wind infrastructure.
The grant for the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind MVP (Minimum Viable Port) project comes through the Department of Transportation’s Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects (INFRA) grant program, which received a substantial funding increase through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, the Humboldt Bay project will involve the construction of a modern marine terminal primarily for the transport, import, staging, preassembly, final assembly, launch, in-water construction, and long-term maintenance of floating offshore Wind Turbine Devices in the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District. The project also includes environmental protection measures such as an eco-shoreline.
