Federal Omnibus Bill Has Money For Several Passaic Co. Projects: What's Getting Funded

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — President Joe Biden has signed a $1.5 trillion federal omnibus spending bill, and a bit of the package will support projects around Passaic County.

Here were some of the allocations for projects throughout the area:

• $649,000 for recreational lighting at the PAL fields in Totowa
  
• $250,000 to 4Cs of Passaic County to improve access to early childcare and education
• $24,825,000 for operations and maintenance of the Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers
• $600,000 for the Passaic River Flood Warning System
• $95,000 to the Borough of Woodland Park for the Diane Grimes Memorial Park Improvement Project
• $833,000 for the City of Passaic Pedestrian Greenway Project
• $360,000 to the City of Paterson for Wrigley Field rehabilitation
• $223,000 to the Borough of Prospect Park for main sewer line replacement

Additionally, the Peckman River flood-mitigation project will receive $146,200,000. The funding was appropriated separately through the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act signed into law Sept. 30. The law continues several federally funded projects.

"The federal funding of the Peckman River Flood Mitigation project is remarkable!" Little Falls Mayor James Damiano said via Rep. Mikie Sherrill's office. "This is a long-term and permanent solution that will provide so many residents of Little Falls the relief that they deserve. No longer will the residents in the Jackson Park section of town need to live in fear that their homes, their belongings, or their lives are in danger from the Peckman River."

The funding for Totowa PAL will get used to purchase and install poles and new LED lights for the football field and Lincoln 90 baseball field at the Totowa PAL Fields complex. The facility will use the lights for scheduled sporting events, and several community groups will also utilize them for activities on the fields throughout the year.

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