Pelosi Wins $55 Million for Bay Area Shipping and Wetlands Restoration Projects

June 25, 2004

Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report today, which includes a number of projects requested by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

"These projects are essential to keeping our waterways both clean and accessible for San Francisco Bay Area residents today and into the future," Pelosi said.

Pelosi also obtained funding for the following San Francisco-related projects:

• San Francisco Bay Drift Removal, to remove floating debris and hazards to navigation from the waters of the Bay -- $3.3 million
  
  
• San Francisco Harbor, maintenance dredging of ship channels -- $2.25 million
  
  
• Long Term Management Strategy for the Placement of Dredged Material in the San Francisco Bay Region, to dispose of dredged material in an environmentally-sound manner -- $1.25 million
  
  
• Ocean Beach, study of erosion -- $200,000
  
  
• Oakland Harbor 50-foot channel deepening project -- $35 million

• Oakland Harbor maintenance dredging -- $7.098 million
  
  
• Hamilton Airfield Wetlands restoration project -- $6.1 million
  
  
• San Pablo Bay watershed restoration -- $400,000
  
  
• Napa River Salt Marsh restoration -- $250,000
  
  

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