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INLAND PORT DEVELOPMENT

Enhancing Historic

Lake Michigan

Docking Facilities

A federal

FASTLANE grant has been approved for S.S. Badger

Ports & Harbor project impacting

Manitowoc, WI and Ludington, MI.

A primer on how things get done.

By Brian Hinrichs his is a story about two com- munities on the shores of Lake

Michigan and the unique car fer-

T ry that connects them. The SS Badger provides a nautical “highway” across one of our nation’s major waterways, carrying passengers, oversized loads and trucks of nearly every kind. Essen- tially, the ferry provides a vital lifeline of commerce, tourism, and economic growth between the cities of Manito- woc, WI and Ludington, MI.

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