Arthur Kill Facility for Construction of Offshore Windmills May be Doomed Just As It Was Getting Started

U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 — pending an environmental and economic review.

This probably dooms the Arthur Kill Terminal Facility that is being established to put together massive windmills before their transport out to sea.

The project — run by Atlantic Offshore Terminals — had just got NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ stamp of approval in 2024 to move forward after completing its 18-month-long Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). In 2024 the City Planning Commission also approved AOT’s environmental impact statement draft.

The Arthur Kill Terminal is scheduled to be constructed on Arthur Kill Road just underneath and adjacent to the Outerbridge Crossing. The construction was expected to last between 20 to 23 months, putting the terminal’s activation sometime in 2026.

Once completed, it was supposed to function as a specialized port where offshore wind turbines and towers could be assembled and staged at the foot of the Outerbridge Crossing before being brought out to sea.

Republican  Councilman Joseph Borelli has been an advocate for the project, despite Borelli being endorsed by Donald Trump who has said the giant off-shore windmills are a scam.

The Project’s Past

The project to build a facility at Staten Island’s Arthur Kill Terminal to assemble massive wind turbines for off-shore use began in 2019 when Atlantic Offshore Terminals (AOT) entered a purchase agreement with Riverside Galleria to acquire the 30-acre property.

The plan for the site is for it to consist of a 1,365-foot wharf that has enhanced load-bearing capacity, 32 acres above sea level and 2 buildings — a combined warehouse and office building for project management.

The federal grant was to be used to dredge 740,000 cubic yards to create a 35 foot-deep basin to support development at the site.

The project received a $48 million federal grant in October 2022. The 32-acre facility has a port, making it the only current East Coast manufacturing location outside the restrictiveness of bridges.

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