Article: REP. ORTIZ ANNOUNCES $7 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR PORT ARANSAS FERRY

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas (27th CD), issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27) announced more that than $7 million in federal funding was awarded to the Port Aransas Ferry from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and a substantial amount of funding for transportation projects in the Costal Bend area.

"The money for the ferry project, which is made available through our stimulus package, will go to the purchase of a new ferry boat that will provide expanded passenger and vehicle ferry services over the Corpus Christi Channel between State Highway 361 in Port Aransas and State Highway 361 on Harbor Island," Ortiz ...

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