FY25 Community Project Funding Requests
The final 15 CPF requests selected and submitted by Congressman Auchincloss to the Appropriations Committee are posted below. All Members of Congress are required to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in the CPF requests made.
Project: Attleboro Senior Center
Amount of Request: $5,000,000
Project Sponsor: City of Attleboro
Address: Attleboro City Hall, 77 Park St., Attleboro, MA, 02703
Project Description: Funds will be used to renovate an existing building or construct a new building for the town's senior center to better serve Attleboro's growing population of residents over the age of 60 years old.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Sewer System Rehabilitation Project of Sub-area 13
Amount of Request: $3,375,000
Project Sponsor: City of Attleboro
Address: Attleboro City Hall, 77 Park St., Attleboro, MA, 02703
Project Description: Comprehensive sewer rehabilitation includes cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining of all sewer mains (except sewer mains that are PVC material or previously CIPP lined), rehabilitation of sewer manholes, and CIPP lining of sewer service connections.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Fall River Lead Service Line Replacement Program
Amount of Request: $4,000,000
Project Sponsor: City of Fall River
Address: 1 Government Center, Fall River, MA 02722
Project Description: The proposed project will facilitate the replacement of up to 250 lead service lines, safeguarding drinking water quality and directly improving the long-term health of hundreds of Fall River families.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Fall River Street Parklet and Streetscape Rehabilitation Project
Amount of Request: $ 1,300,000
Project Sponsor: City of Fall River
Address: 1 Government Center, Fall River, MA 02722
Project Description: The funding for this project would support the acquisition of a new parcel of underutilized land in the heart of its socioeconomically disadvantaged Downtown historic district in order to rehabilitate it into a free, accessible, and convenient dedicated space for outdoor recreation and community-building public programming and events.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Foxborough PFAS Treatment Plant
Amount of Request: $14,000,000
Project Sponsor:
Address: 70 Elm Street, Foxborough, MA, 02035
Project Description: The funding for this project would support the construction of the first of three proposed PFAS water treatment plants (WTP), located at 25 Pumping Station Rd. to be installed in series with its newest Green Sand Filter Plant.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Freetown Library & Council on Aging (COA) Community Building
Amount of Request: $1,500,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Freetown
Address: 3 North Main Street, Assonet, MA 02702
Project Description: Funding for this project would go towards site feasibility and design for a Town Multi-Purpose Community Building, comprised of a combined Council on Aging and Library.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Mansfield Council on Aging Facility
Amount of Request: $5,000,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Mansfield
Address: 6 Park Row, Mansfield, MA 02048
Project Description: The Town of Mansfield seeks funds to demolish a former police station and, in its place, construct a standalone Senior Center to house the community's Council on Aging (COA).
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Mendon Senior & Community Center (MSCC)
Amount of Request: $ 13,000,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Mendon
Address: 20 Main Street, Mendon, MA, 01756
Project Description: The Mendon Senior and Community Center (MSCC) is seeking $13,200,000 to support the construction of a new, centrally located facility.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Millville Water Connection
Amount of Request: $2,000,000
Project Sponsor:
Address: 290 Main Street, Millville, MA, 01529
Project Description: The town would use the project funding for its project to run a line from the neighboring Town of Uxbridge municipality to provide water to the school.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Stormwater Management for Healthy Rivers and Climate Resilience
Amount of Request: $3,000,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Needham
Address: 1471 Highland Ave., Needham, MA, 02492
Project Description: The funding for this project will go towards small-scale, cost-effective stormwater best management practices (BMPs) to reduce the Town of Needham’s phosphorous load entering the Charles River and its tributaries.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Albemarle Stormwater System Project
Amount of Request: $1,000,000
Project Sponsor: City of Newton
Address: 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02459
Project Description: This major project is the construction of an underground infiltration system in the City's Albemarle sports and recreational complex next to Cheesecake Brook, about a half mile before the brook flows into the Charles River.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Norfolk Police Radio Equipment Upgrades
Amount of Request: $803,388
Project Sponsor: Town of Norfolk
Address: 14 Sharon Ave., Norfolk, MA, 02056
Project Description: The funding for this project would be used to upgrade the current analog two-way radio system to a Project 25 (P25) digital system with simulcasting capabilities.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: CJS - Community Oriented Policing Services
Project: Norton Fire Department Rehabilitation Project
Amount of Request: $600,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Norton
Address: 70 East Main Street, Norton, MA 02766
Project Description: This funding would be used to renovate the Norton Fire Department Headquarters.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: THUD - Economic Development Initiatives
Project: Route 6 Corridor Sewer Collection System
Amount of Request: $5,000,000
Project Sponsor: Town of Swansea
Address: 81 Main Street, Swansea, MA 02777
Project Description: The Project scope includes the design and construction of a sewer collection system along Route 6 and Swansea Mall Drive and the eastern portion of Route 6, to the connection point in Somerset at the existing Lees River pump station. Flow will then be conveyed to the Somerset Water Pollution Control Facility for treatment. The project sewer collection system includes a network of gravity mains, force mains, and pump stations that will collect and divert flow into the Somerset sewer collection system.
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Interior – State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Project: Taunton Emergency Operations Center
Amount of Request: $3,000,000
Project Sponsor: City of Taunton
Address: 15 Summer Street Taunton, MA 02780
Project Description: The Gateway City of Taunton, MA is seeking federal funding to reestablish an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Funding Subcommittee and Account: Homeland Security – Federal Assistance