What Projects are Eligible?
All facilities constructed under BIG P must be:
- Designed to accommodate boats 26' in length or greater;
- Used by transient boaters (boaters not at their home port and staying not more than 10 consecutive days);
- Open to the public;
- Designed and constructed so as to last at least 20 years;
- Continue to be used for their original stated grant purpose;
- Maintained throughout their useful life
Typical projects could include the construction or renovation of:
- Slips for transient boaters (not more than 10 days);
- Mooring buoys;
- Navigational aids limited specifically to direct entry to transient, nontrailerable tie up facilities;
- Safe harbors for transients;
- Initial dredging only to provide transient vessels with safe channel depths.
Activities that are not allowed under BIG P would include:
- Routine, custodial and/or janitorial maintenance activities (those that occur regularly on an annual or more frequent basis);
- Construction of slips for long term rental (more than 10 days);
- Construction or maintenance of facilities designed for trailerable boats;
- Maintenance dredging;
- Dry land storage or haul out facilities;
- Activities or construction that does not provide public benefit.
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