As WRDA bill passes in Senate, Nome Arctic deep draft port back in conversation

With U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan’s help, the Water Resources Development Act has passed the U.S. Senate, inching Nome closer to the possibility of an Arctic deep draft port.
The act will bring $1.4 billion dollars to new water infrastructure over the next five years.
The funding is focused in three areas: infrastructure, subsistence harbors, and an Arctic deep draft port.
Working with the Tribal Health Consortium, the act’s focus on infrastructure places grant money in villages that do