North Carolina congressman David Price announced earlier this week that all 15 of his Community Project Funding requests, which total nearly $36 million, are included in the spending bill that was approved in the U.S. Senate Thursday.

“Each of these projects came directly from the community and will improve the quality of life for my constituents in the Fourth District,” Price said in a statement, “by supporting efforts to expand affordable housing, enhance public transportation, bolster economic development, increase health care access, advance gun violence prevention, and provide safe, clean drinking water.”

Included among the projects are several which directly affect Orange and Chatham Counties. More than $3 million will be allocated to water treatment plant improvements around the Triangle, including one in Pittsboro. The project’s goal is to “support the design and construction of a horizontal directional drill to provide a safe and resilient source of potable water.”

$1 million will go toward EMPOWERment Inc. in Orange County, with the goal of constructing “affordable, ADA-compliant multifamily housing” for “extremely low-income essential workers and residents.”

Approximately $1.2 million will be allocated to build a water booster pump station in Hillsborough, which will “provide redundancy and resilience to the town’s water supply.”

$2 million will be allocated to streetscape improvements around Chapel Hill. These include sidewalk replacement, curb and gutter improvements and ADA-compliant ramp construction, “to improve safety, accessibility, and connectivity at high-use locations downtown.”

$8 million will go toward bus replacement funding for urban transit systems around the region, including Chapel Hill Transit. The funding’s purpose is “to expand the regional electric, zero-emission bus fleet to further coordinate efforts to reduce traffic, cut emissions, and improve air quality, particularly for historically disadvantaged communities.”

Price originally submitted the requests in April of 2022. A complete list of the projects can be found here.

 

Featured image via The News & Observer/Julia Wall

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