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There are nine projects in New York’s 23rd Congressional District that will receive financial support with the return of funding member items.

Rep. Tom Reed, during his weekly conference call, noted that he voted in favor of the $1.5 trillion spending plan.

“The House passed the bipartisan omnibus bill which helped secure much-needed defense and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, deliver real results for the American people and avert a government shutdown,” he said. “We are also very proud of our work to ensure that this bill includes specific funding for priorities in our community.”

In the plan, Reed said there will be funding for a number of local projects.

“We have approximately nine direct funding lines that will go to projects for water and sewer primarily, for areas like the city of of Corning, the town of Cherry Creek, the town of Bradford, the town of Seneca Falls, the village of Portville, the village of Dundee, the village of Mayville, Elmira College, as well as the Dream It, Do It in New York job training program that’s in Jamestown. On top of that, we were able to negotiate and put in the bill additional funding for the U.S. Corp of Engineers that will specifically go to operations and maintenance of the Barcelona Harbor and Dunkirk Harbor. This is all things that we should be celebrating,” he said.

After the phone conference, The Post-Journal and OBSERVER reached out to Frank Acomb, Reed’s communications director, for specifics. He said that a news release would be coming out next week detailing the amounts each project will receive.

The Hill, a newspaper and digital media company based in Washington, D.C., was critical of the omnibus bill. In its criticism, it noted that some of the earmarks provide millions of dollars more than what the Biden administration requested. “The omnibus includes $5.9 million for Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie, $5 million more than the $680,000 requested by the administration,” the Hill stated.

Other funding included:

• $2 million for Environmental Protection Agency- State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) – The Town of Cherry Creek to upgrade the Water Pollution Control Facility and the sanitary sewer collection system to meet new NYSDEC regulations.

• $2 million for Environmental Protection Agency – State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) – The Village of Mayville to construct a new water well and associated treatment infrastructure that will replace existing contaminated wells. ($2,000,000)

• $250,000 for Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration – Dream It, Do It, Jamestown, NY – The funding will be used to invest in critical classroom and lab facilities.

• $1.15 million for Barcelona Harbor.