Initiative helping cities access $400 billion in federal funding for environmental projects
Kansas City, Oakland, Atlanta and Pittsburgh among 25 cities selected to the program
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EPA sends $206 million to Washington to protect Puget Sound
Funds will help upgrade wastewater facility and support efforts to reduce untreated stormwater from flowing into sound
New York budgets $1.4 billion for Southern Tier schools, university
Budget also includes $84.7 million for healthcare capital projects and $7.5 million for improvements at Taughannock Falls State Park
Transportation Department opens applications for $5.1 billion in grants
Three major discretionary grant programs streamlined into one program; deadline to apply is May 6
$119 million available for landscape-scale conservation and restoration projects
10-year program will use locally led and nationally scaled projects to conserve and restore 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030
Austin, Texas, requiring large projects to tap into city’s reclaimed-water system
Plan requires large projects built within 500 feet of the city’s purple-pipe reclaimed water infrastructure must connect to it or install an onsite water reuse system
Feds allocate $475 million to projects redeveloping mines for clean energy
Projects are solar, microgrid and pumped storage hydropower systems as well as geothermal and battery energy storage systems
New Jersey to invest $180 million for public health, broadband projects
Funds funds come from Treasury Department’s Capital Project Fund, which supports broadband, digital technology and multi-purpose community center projects
Kansas awards $932 million to expand, modernize highways
Funds will allow state to begin engineering work on 11 projects
Transportation Department awards $54 million to tech transit projects
Grants will support smart-community technologies and systems that improve transportation efficiency and safety
