Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program
HARBOR FACILITY GRANTS PROGRAM - FY2026 Grant Cycle is Open
The FY2025 Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program Call For Projects closed Friday, August 4, 2023. Information about the FY2026 grant cycle will be posted Spring 2024.
Please refer to the FY2026 Application Packet, Instructions and Scoring Criteria available here for more information. The FY2026 Grant Cycle will close August 9th, 2024.
Please reach out to the DOT Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program at dot.harborgrants@alaska.gov or (907) 465-8769 with questions.
FY2025 PROJECT SCORING NOTIFICATION
| Rank | Score | Tier | Project Name | Grant Amount Requested* | Local Match | Total Project Cost |
| 1 | 143.7 | II | City & Borough of Juneau: Aurora Ph 4 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| *Plus 2025 Department Overhead (ICAP)Total | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $10,000,000 | |||
NOTICE OF FY2024 GRANT AWARDS
The Governor's Budget for 2023-2024 has passed! Under the Governor's enacted budget for SFY2024, $5,500,000 has been allocated to the Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program and $4,000,000 of the SFY2024 program budget request was vetoed. The Department has identified additional funding for total award amount of $5,989,138. The DOT Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program is able to award both highest ranked Tier I and II grants and partially award the other Tier II project submitted. Congratulations to all the Awardees this year, and thanks to all the Applicants who applied!
Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program
Notice of Grant Awards
Rank |
Score |
Tier |
Project Name (Listed by Tier and Score) |
Grant Funds Requested |
Project Awarded Yes/No |
Grant Funds Approved |
| 1 | 187.8 | I | City of Wrangell Meyer's Chuck | $1,092,138.06 | Yes | $1,092,138.06 |
| 1 | 117.7 | II | City of Whittier Boat Harbor | $4,500,000.00 | Yes | $4,500,000.00 |
| 2 | 85.3 | II | City & Borough of Sitka Fisherman's Float | $2,644,677.00 | Partially | $397,000.00 |
| Total Budget Requested | $9,500,000 | |||||
| Governor's Veto, SFY2023 Budget | $4,000,000 | |||||
| Governors Enacted Budget, SFY2023 - Approved Funds | $5,500,000 | Total Budget with Approved Additional Funding from Department |
$5,989,138 |
Municipal Harbor Facility Grants Program
The State of Alaska is blessed with one of the finest public harbors systems in the country. Our magnificent coastline and bountiful marine resources make our harbors vitally important to Alaskans and our communities.
Purpose
To provide financial assistance to municipal or regional housing authority owned harbor facilities, the Alaska Legislature passed landmark legislation in 2006 establishing a new 50/50 matching grant program called the Harbor Facility Grants Program. This grant program will go a long way towards recapitalizing local government’s harbor infrastructure and furthering the sustainability of Alaska’s public harbor system.
Details
This grant program is funded on an annual basis at the discretion of the Alaska Legislature and consists of two tiers, Tier I and II. The first tier has priority and consists of major maintenance and repair of a harbor facility that was previously owned by the state and now is locally owned. The second tier consists of all other harbor facilities and those harbor facilities which have already received a Tier I grant. A harbor facility may only receive one Tier I grant but is eligible for multiple Tier II grants.
Reference Alaska Statute AS 29.60.800
Contact
City of Seward Harbor - Seward, Alaska
City of Cordova Port and Harbor - Cordova, Alaska
Auke Bay Small Boat Harbor - Juneau, Alaska
The FY23 Harbor Facility Grant Program application period is now open!
The current grant cycle opens June 16th, 2021 and closes August 16th, 2021.
As of June 22, 2021, the new ICAP rate has been changed to 6.78%. Please make note of this change, which has also been updated on the downloadable application below.
For more information, contact the Statewide Program Development, Juneau Planning Field Office at (907) 465-1776.