Biden touts port, infrastructure investments in NH

President Joe Biden went to Portsmouth Harbor in New Hampshire on Tuesday to highlight how last year's infrastructure can improve shipping and help resolve the country's supply chain debacles that have contributed to inflation at a 40-year high.Biden’s destination was the state’s only deep water harbor, making it a critical way station for home heating oil, fiberoptic cables and rock gypsum, which is used to produce drywall.

Joe Biden, U.S. President said "It also has been a problem for decades, but with an $18 million investment from the Army Corps of Engineers and the help of Maggie and Chris, the Port and Union Labor, we widened that turning basin to 1200 feet. We got it done. Now, it's easier, faster and cheaper and safer for ships to get in and out. And the port can welcome larger ships, more cargo like the massive towers and hubs needed to, for offshore wind farms."

Under the $1 trillion infrastructure law, $1.7 million will be used to dredge the harbor's shipping channel and basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers already spent $18.2 million to make it easier for larger ships to access the harbor, a project intended to reduce delays that cause higher prices for consumers.