(North Bend, OR) -- Several projects on the Oregon coast will receive federal funding, through a port infrastructure development program. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded nearly eight-million dollars to the Ko'Kwel Wharf Improvements Project in North Bend, nearly three-and-a-half million dollars for Port of Newport operational capacity improvements, and in Astoria the Pier Two West Rehabilitation Project will get 25-million dollars. Investments focus on modernizing ports, strengthening supply chains and improving economic security.