Patriot's Point requests $25 million for a new landside facility after large remediation project

Patriot's Point officials told the subcommittee they completed a major remediation project this year that removed hazardous liquids and asbestos from their ship exhibits and that the museum now faces pier repairs and landside relocation costs tied to a larger development.

Allison Hunt, agency head at the Bedford Point Development Authority, said Phase 2 of the remediation removed more than 1.6 million gallons of hazardous liquids and over nine tons of asbestos at a total project cost of $31.6 million. She said the agency will use capital reserves for several permanent repairs but requested $25,000,000 in state funds to design and construct a new landside building to house ticketing, retail, food service and ADA‑compliant public assembly space; the new building is intended to serve more than 400,000 annual visitors and support planned mixed‑use development called Patriot Annex.

Hunt also described pier repairs (estimated $1,180,000 for main and approach piers), dry‑dock planning for the Laffey (estimated $3,700,000) and an interim modular solution for retail and ticketing because the agency must vacate current retail space within 17 months. Committee members thanked the agency and asked follow‑up questions about project timing and funding sources; no vote was recorded in the transcript.