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April 23, 2007
ODNR Awards $3.6 Million To Improve Public Boating Access Facilities Across Ohio
 COLUMBUS, OH The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has awarded a total of $3.6 million in Cooperative Boating Access Facility Program grants to improve public boating access at 13 sites across the state.
The grant awards range from $15,000 for improvements at a boat ramp in Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County to $1,140,000 for continued construction of a new state park marina facility on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie’s western basin. The grants also included $780,000 awarded to the City of Sandusky for construction of 92 boat slips in the new Paper District Marina.
The Cooperative Boating Access Facility Grant Program is funded through the Ohio Waterways Safety Fund, which is comprised of a portion of the state motor fuels tax, watercraft registration and titling fees, and funding from the U.S. Coast Guard. The grants are awarded on a competitive basis and administered by the ODNR Division of Watercraft to improve public recreational boating access for the state’s estimated 3 million boaters.
The Division of Watercraft also awarded $600,000 in Recreational Harbor Evaluation Grants for dredging in the Vermillion River and in the main access channel to the Giant Run launch ramp and Holiday Point Marina on the Ohio River in Scioto County. The grants are also funded through the Waterways Safety Fund.
| 2007 Cooperative Boating Access Facility Program Grants |
| County |
Agency |
Amount |
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Project |
| Fairfield |
Rush Creek Conservancy Dist. |
$70,000 |
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Pave existing access road and parking lot in boat ramp area. |
| Ashtabula |
Ohio State Parks |
$800,000 |
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Construction of ADA accessible docks with water and electric service at Geneva State Park marina. |
| Belmont |
Village of Barnesville |
$90,000 |
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Install one-lane boat launch ramp for small boat and canoe access, parking area and bank stabilization improvements. |
| Delaware |
City of Columbus |
$150,000 |
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To replace boarding docks with new ADA Parks & Recreation compliant boarding docks, replace lighting system. |
| Ottawa |
Ohio State Parks |
$1,140,000 |
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Relocate existing marina entrance at Middle Bass Island State Park. |
| Butler |
Miami Conservancy District |
$50,000 |
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Design and construct canoe and kayak boat ramp along Great Miami River near State Route 73 bridge. |
| Mercer |
City of Celina |
$150,000 |
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Install nine new courtesy docks on existing Stone pier and seawall protection at Lake Shore Drive boat dock facility on Grand Lake St. Marys. |
| Summit |
Ohio State Parks |
$15,000 |
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To purchase a self-contained bathroom to be installed at the State/Mill boat ramp on Portage Lake. |
| Montgomery |
Five Rivers
Metro Parks |
$65,000 |
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To construct hand-carried boat accesses in two parks along the Mad River and Stillwater River. |
| Champaign |
Ohio State Parks |
$80,000 |
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To replace existing boat ramp, construct new courtesy docks, remove silt in boat launch area. |
| Highland |
Ohio State Parks |
$150,000 |
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Add two new courtesy docks and ADA structures at Deer Park launch ramp on Paint Creek Lake. |
| Vinton |
Ohio State Parks |
$60,000 |
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Upgrade and replace two existing docks and make them ADA accessible, upgrade safety lighting. |
| Erie |
City of Sandusky |
$780,000 |
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To construct 92 ADA-accessible transient dock slips with water and electric service in the new Paper District marina. |
| 2007 Recreational Harbor Evaluation Grants |
| Erie |
Vermilion Port Authority |
$350,000 |
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Dredging of the Vermilion River. |
| Scioto |
Giant Run Public Access |
$250,000 |
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Dredging main access channel to the Giant Run Launch Ramp and Holiday Point Marina on the Ohio River. |
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For Further Information Contact:
Julie McQuade, ODNR Division of Watercraft
(614) 265-6443
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John Wisse, ODNR Division of Watercraft
(614) 265-6695
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Jane Beathard, ODNR Media Relations
(614) 265-6860
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