This amendment increases the transfer of general fund revenues to the Waterway Maintenance Fund by $2.5 million in each year to increase the availability of funds to support shallow-draft dredging projects and to support local municipal dredging to ensure Virginia s waterways remain safe and navigable to support the continued sustainability and growth of Virginia s seafood and the commercial watermen who contribute to the economies of coastal Virginia. In the first two years of the grant program, more than $50 million for dredging design, implementation and funding have been identified compared to the existing programmatic funding level of $1.5 million annually. A companion amendment to Part 3 increases the authorized transfer.