FALMOUTH – The state has announced over $1.3 million in state and federal grant funds for five river restoration projects within Taunton, Bridgewater, Falmouth and Plymouth.
The Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration’s Priority Projects Program provides grant funding, and project management to projects that present the greatest benefit to the Commonwealth, ecologically, socially and economically.
The bulk of the funds being awarded are from federal grants awarded to DER under the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Funding Competitive Grant Program and the NOAA Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency and Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grant programs.
The Town of Falmouth will receive $40,000 for the Lower Coonamessett River Restoration Project.
The funding will contribute to the cost of engineering, design and construction.
“I am grateful to represent the most beautiful district in the Commonwealth and we must do everything we can to preserve it,” said State Representative Dylan Fernandes.
The Town of Plymouth is also receiving $40,000 for the Town Brook Restoration Project.
The project is a multi-phase effort to address all aquatic species barriers, improve water quality and address public safety risks on the historic brook in downtown Plymouth.
The grant will support construction.
“I am grateful to the Baker-Polito Administration for their continued commitment to restoring our Commonwealth’s waterways,” said State Senator Vinny deMacedo.
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