Sentence examples for port proposals from inspiring English sources

Faced with an international shame listing of "in danger" that would jeopardise this $6bn tourism icon, port proposals were marginally scaled back and both state and federal governments finally backflipped and ended offshore dumping of sludge into the reef's waters from capital dredging.

With the door still open for the Coyote Island Terminal to be approved, as well as for the other two port proposals in Washington state, opponents are voicing somewhat restrained optimism.

The port proposal surfaced last fall, just as the government was about to decree Malaga Bay a national park.

The port proposal puzzles some because the Colombian government is investing tens of millions of dollars in the expansion, just 20 miles east of Malaga Bay, of the Buenaventura port, the country's largest on the Pacific coast.

Under the program, local governments can create port staffing proposals tailored to their needs, and customs officials can then assign agents to satisfy the proposals.

Referring to what he called "showroom environmentalists" who dismiss the Port Ambrose proposal on its face, Mr. Donofrio added, "I want to see them heat their homes on windmills".

Last September, the Charleston City Council unanimously approved the port's proposal to establish the terminal at the north end of Union Pier and turn the south end into a new residential neighborhood.

Some fleet owners, in fact, were said to feel that the re ported $30‐million proposal was more than they could af ford even though it was con tingent on approval by the City Council of a rate increase that would raise the average fare from $1.35 to $1.90.

As detailed in Liberty Natural Gas's proposal, Port Ambrose would consist of two submerged buoys that would stand about 30 feet off the seabed, with a radius of about 40 feet.

Ultimately, it may be the high cost of the truck-based plan -- in terms of traffic, air pollution and price -- that encourages city officials to overcome opposition to the barge port and rail yard proposals, allowing it to shift to a long-term plan that does not rely on trucks.

For a deeper knowledge of the effect of the legal proposals in port governance, see (Pallis 2007).