Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 01:00:00 PM EST
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Last week, a Judge in Delaware ruled that the dredging of the Delaware River should go forward and those standing in opposition should get over it. Well there may be another obstacle to the project that has absolutely nothing to do with a legal challenge, but rather a fiscal shortage:President Barack Obama's federal budget includes no money for the planned deepening of the Delaware Bay and River shipping channel.
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews, D-1st, asked Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag last month that Obama seek no funding for the project, which would deepen from 40 to 45 feet the channel that runs from the Delaware Bay west of Cape May to Philadelphia. Obama included no such funding in the federal budget released Monday and also called for about a 10 percent cut to Army Corps of Engineers' discretionary budget. No doubt Ed Rendell has already been on the phone to the White House. The Corp says that they get funding through many sources, so the lack of money in the budget isn't that big of a deal. Congressman Andrews still wants the GAO to take another look:"What you need is a neutral, competent auditor who takes a look at this," Andrews said. I don't know if he's going to get GAO to get a separate look. He may have better luck blocking funding to finance the project as seen with this budget. The Corps still seems confident they can work money through the system from somewhere else to complete the project. |
| Jason Springer :: The Court ruled on dredging, but what if the President's budget doesn't fund it? |
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