The City of Gloucester City recently submitted a multi-page request to the Delaware River Port Authority for $10 million to help pay for proposed renovations to the old Coast Guard Pier. The chances of the DPRA granting the request is a long shot but as one local official said, \”it is worth a try.
DPRA EYES 18.3 SPENDING HIKE: Speaking of the DPRA, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer (www.philly.com/inquirer) the Authority will spend $281.5 million next year, about 18.3 percent more than this year, if its proposed operating budget is approved by the agency\’s board on Wednesday, Dec. 10th. Since a $1 toll increase was imposed in September, bridge traffic has dropped about 7 percent. So DRPA\’s 2009 budget anticipates $45 million more from drivers than in 2008, instead of $55 million more, as originally expected.
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