![]() ![]() The Tampa Port Authority asked the corps to explore whether there would be "federal interest" in improving Tampa Bay's cruise ship operations. ![]() The corps of engineers maintains the nation's navigational waterways, including the 70 miles of channels in Tampa Bay. One of the more realistic but still challenging options would be to build a $700 million cruise port on an artificial island off the Pinellas coast, west of the bridge.īut that option would require tens of millions of federal dollars to dredge a new channel in the bay - and dredging is a job for the U.S. The options for saving that $380 million-a-year economic engine are daunting: In July, a Florida Department of Transportation study said Tampa Bay's cruise ship sector - which supports up to 2,000 jobs locally - could disappear in the next 10 to 15 years. "We don't have anything in our minds as to what those options are." "There are numerous other options," Anderson said. The port's top leader asked everyone to keep an open mind: Time and technology may present solutions that haven't yet been considered. But Tampa Port Authority CEO Paul Anderson said everyone needs to take a breath. ![]()
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