U.S. Army Corps Gives Update on Deep-Draft Port Study
![Aerial view of Nome harbor and port area and the mouth of the Snake River.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_3142-1200x900.jpg)
According to the Corps, a final feasibility study for public comment will be ready in early 2019.
Nome Deep-Draft Port Back on the Table
![Nome port](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EI161012-30-1200x900.jpg)
More than two years since it shelved the project, the US Army Corps of Engineers will take a new look at a port expansion in Nome and split the cost with the City.
Nome Port Commission Approves Capital Improvements Plan, Reviews Deep Draft Port Designs
![Garth Howlett, senior engineer at PND Engineers, presents options for a deep draft port to the Nome Port Commission.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_6400-1200x900.jpg)
The Nome Port Commission voted last night to approve a Capital Improvements Plan and considered several designs for a deep draft port.