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6.2.1 Historical Capital Expenditures for California Public Port Development
From 1946 to 2001, approximately $7.6 billion were invested in port construction in
California (South Pacific region), which ranked first in the nation for individual expenditures.
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U.S. Port Capital Expenditures on Facilities and Infrastructure:
1946-2001
South
Pacific (CA)
North
Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Great
Lakes
Figure 6-2: Port Development Expenditure Overview 37
Source: US Port Development Expenditure Report
http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/PDF/Exp2001rpt.pdf
Gulf North
Pacific
Non-
Contiguous
In 2001, California continued as the leading region spending $981.5 million on port
development, which was 56.4% of all port expenditures across the nation. The following
graph shows the actual port spending on facilities and infrastructure by region from 1997 to
2001.
37 Regions: South Pacific in California; North Atlantic is Maine to Virginia; South Atlantic is from Virginia to the tip of
Florida; Great Lakes are all those states bordering on a Great Lake, Gulf are states from the tip of Florida to Texas, N.
Pacific is Oregon and Washington. The rest are self-explanatory.
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