b'NEWSWIRENEWSWIRE FTA Awards decorative | durable | functional Ferry Grants to Aid PVA MembersA ctingundertwofunding programstoassistpublic ferries,theFederalTransit Administration(FTA)onNov.30, 2023,announcedgrantstotaling more than $220 million to benefit 13 projects in eight states plus American Samoa. Most awards will go directly USCG-Certied Light-Weight AluminumtoPVAmembersorwillindirectly Honeycomb Panels for Passenger Ferries benefit them.rigidized.com/markets/marine RecipientsincludetheAlaskaMa-658 Ohio Street | Buffalo, NY 14203 | marine@rigidized.com rineHighwaySystem,BeaverIsland (Mich.)TransportationAuthority, the Staten Island Ferry, Maine State Ferries,GoldenGateFerriesofCal-ifornia,NorthCarolinaFerryDivi-sion,NewYorkWaterway/NewJer-sey Transit, the Trust for Governors Island (N.Y.), and the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transpor-tation Authority.View details of the grants here.Thefundingwasmadeavailable through two FTA competitive grant programs, the Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program and the FTA Passenger Ferry Grant Program.FTA received 28 eligible project pro-posalsin12statesandtheterritory ofAmericanSamoa,totalingnearly $418 million in requests.FOGHORN 64'