Put-In-Bay Township Port Authority

Put-In-Bay Township Port Authority is a U.S. local government port authority and township entity based in Put-In-Bay, Ohio, that acts as a prime recipient of federal infrastructure grants focused on airport and maritime facility capital improvements. The authority receives 100% of its federal funding as grants rather than contracts, with no contracting footprint and no subcontracting relationships — all 36 recent awards are prime grants to the authority itself.

The Port Authority's customer base is entirely within the Department of Transportation, with 24 awards from the FAA Great Lakes Region, 11 awards from the FAA (primary), and 1 award from the Maritime Administration, representing 100% of recent awards. Combined obligated dollars total $27.1 million across the portfolio. Activity has been episodic rather than steady: seven awards in 2021 (largely COVID-19 economic relief grants under the American Rescue Plan Act), one award in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, and one in 2026, with the most recent award issued on April 23, 2026.

The Port Authority's grant work falls into two categories: airport infrastructure funded by the FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), and maritime port infrastructure funded by the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program (CFDA 20.823). Airport grants, which dominate the award count, fund runway and taxiway rehabilitation, apron reconstruction, terminal building design and construction, snow removal equipment acquisition, wildlife fencing, and parking lot improvements across Put-In-Bay, Middle Bass, and North Bass Island airports in Ohio. The most significant active airport grant is a $2 million FAA award (July 2023, completion July 2027) for terminal building reconstruction at Put-In-Bay Airport, with earlier-phase design and finishes work also funded under separate grants. Maritime work includes the $11.52 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant awarded April 23, 2026, with completion scheduled for October 31, 2028, which funds design, engineering, permitting, and construction of a 406-foot stone breakwall and a 200-foot standby ferry berth at Put-In-Bay. Miller Boat Line serves as the subrecipient supporting all maritime components of that grant. No awards are currently approaching completion-date cliffs; the oldest FAA awards with August 2025 completion dates have now passed their final deadlines or are in closeout.