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Federal Shutdown Deal Kills Some Funding Hopes for Local Projects

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The compromise federal spending bill approved over the weekend just hours ahead of a government shutdown eliminated all Congressional earmarks for 2025, which included $8 million for the replacement of the Montauk Highway overpass of the LIRR tracks east of downtown Hampton Bays, which had already been delayed more than 2 years. KITTY MERRILL

The compromise federal spending bill approved over the weekend just hours ahead of a government shutdown eliminated all Congressional earmarks for 2025, which included $8 million for the replacement of the Montauk Highway overpass of the LIRR tracks east of downtown Hampton Bays, which had already been delayed more than 2 years. KITTY MERRILL

The compromise federal spending bill approved over the weekend just hours ahead of a government shutdown eliminated all Congressional earmarks for 2025, which included $8 million for the replacement of the Montauk Highway overpass of the LIRR tracks east of downtown Hampton Bays, which had already been delayed more than 2 years. KITTY MERRILL

The compromise federal spending bill approved over the weekend just hours ahead of a government shutdown eliminated all Congressional earmarks for 2025, which included $8 million for the replacement of the Montauk Highway overpass of the LIRR tracks east of downtown Hampton Bays, which had already been delayed more than 2 years. KITTY MERRILL

authorMichael Wright on Mar 20, 2025
The compromise federal spending bill that was narrowly approved by Congress over the weekend, and which averted a federal government shutdown, killed millions of dollars in federal funding grants that... more

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