Port Muskogee aims to restore functionality by rebuilding and expanding waterfront infrastructure damaged in the historic 2019 flood to improve resiliency and support ongoing port operations, including the following components:
- Construct a new heavy-lift dock and replace the Oakley Terminal Wharf within its existing footprint
- Replace the dockside rail
- Construct a new 36,000 square-foot warehouse with parking
- And other infrastructure improvements
In 2022, the Muskogee City-County Port Authority was awarded a $23.9 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to address infrastructure needs at Port Muskogee. The Oklahoma State Legislature approved an additional $10 million for the authority in an October 2022 special session.
This grant funding is critical to advancing the needs identified in a 2021 waterfront infrastructure assessment and included in the port’s Strategic Plan.
The use of Federal funds requires compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which is being provided through an assessment of the potential impacts that could occur from the project components identified above as well as future potential actions at Port Muskogee including extending the dockside rail, improving roadways and drainage along sections of port roadways, and expanding the existing QLF site to accommodate increased production and storage, for which QLF is pursuing federal funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An Environmental Assessment (EA), being developed in accordance with NEPA, is anticipated to receive approval from USDOT in the coming months.
