As the 117th Congress headed into its final days, infrastructure advocates scored another legislative victory with bipartisan congressional approval of a new Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, authorizing $37.8 in federal funds for 30 new or modified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers storm protection, harbor dredging and other civil-works projects.
Investment includes purchase of existing building adjacent to Brooklyn, N.Y., facility new build and renovations, and enlarged faculty and research funding.
Innovation QNS plan calls for construction of 3,190 residential units, with 45% affordable housing, plus retail and entertainment space and a park with a performance venue.
State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.