The project will consist of the construction of a new stone laydown yard and associated clearing sitework drainage ditches drainage structures excavation and embankment geotextile fabric base sub base…

The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded West Calcasieu Port three million dollars on November 6, 2025, under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (CFDA 20.823) to construct a new stone laydown yard and associated site infrastructure.

The project will build a new 4-acre stone laydown yard within an impacted site of approximately 6 acres at Sulphur, Louisiana. Work includes removal of existing silty topsoil, installation of a pavement section with geotextile stabilization fabric, lime-treated select fill, soil cement-treated base, and crushed stone surface. The recipient will install new underground drainage pipe, grade the stone surface area to drain to site perimeter ditches directed through the new drainage pipe, and install perimeter fencing. Additional activities include associated clearing, sitework drainage ditches, drainage structures, excavation and embankment, hydroseeding, and erosion control.

West Calcasieu Port, a Louisiana port authority, is the recipient. The period of performance extends from November 6, 2025, through April 30, 2028. The recipient will measure project outcomes quarterly by tracking cargo volume and vessel calls. No sub-recipients are involved in the award.

The project will consist of the construction of a new stone laydown yard and associated clearing sitework drainage ditches drainage structures excavation and embankment geotextile fabric base sub base crushed stone surface coarse hydroseeding erosion control and perimeter fencing. Activities to be performed the project will be completed in one component with the following elements construction of new laydown yard that will be approximately 4 acres in size with an entire impacted site of approximately 6 acres. Sitework including the removal of several feet of existing silty topsoil materials and a new pavement section consisting of geotextile stabilization fabric lime treated select fill sub base soil cement treated base and crushed stone surface coarse. Installation of a new underground drainage pipe. Grade the entire stone surface area to drain to the site perimeter into ditches and directed to an existing ditch by the new underground drainage pipe. Install perimeter fencing around the entire site. Deliverables expected outcomes from schedule G of the grant agreement page 19 measure cargo volume category and description measurement frequency quarterly. Measure vessel calls category and description measurement measurement frequency quarterly. Intended beneficiary west calcasieu port. Subrecipient activities none.