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Richmond project leads say $9.5 million federal grant uncertain, will rescope Complete Streets work
Summary
Project leads told the Richmond Rising Collaborative Stakeholder Committee that a $9.5 million Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program award from the U.S. Department of Transportation is delayed after multiple postponements and may force scope reductions for Neighborhood Complete Streets and certain elements of the Richmond Wellness Trail.
Project leads for Richmond Rising told the Collaborative Stakeholder Committee that a $9.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, received in January as an award letter, has not been finalized and grantee onboarding has been repeatedly postponed. Beatriz Guerrero, the TCC project coordinator for the City of Richmond, said the federal welcome webinar for grantees had been postponed six times since January and that the city cannot wait for final federal agreement execution to proceed on work scheduled under the Transformative Climate Communities…
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