Massachusetts Dredging Grant

The MA Dredging Program is open to the Commonwealth's 78 coastal municipalities. Grant rounds typically open in the winter or spring. Applicants are required to submit the following: ▪ Application ▪ Site plans ▪ Current permits, if not already submitted in a prior round About the Massachusetts Dredging Program Coastal harbors up and down Massachusetts play a vital role in driving the Commonwealth’s blue economy. Without dredging, many harbors would become impassable for commercial and recreational vessels. The Massachusetts Dredging Program is a capital grant program that provides funding to coastal municipalities for saltwater dredging. Construction grants are competitively awarded with a focus on shovel-ready projects that support the economic vitality, vibrant waterfronts, maritime safety, or ecosystem health of Massachusetts’s harbors.