Congressman Seth Moulton Secures $960,000 In Community Improvement Project Funding For Wilmington In FY2024 Budget Bills

Below is a press release from Congressman Seth Moulton’s Office:

SALEM, MA — Congressman Seth Moulton announced that he has secured $13 million for fifteen community improvement projects in FY2024 Appropriations Subcommittee bills – clearing a key hurdle in the annual appropriations process.

Under guidelines issued by the House Appropriations Committee, each Representative is allowed to request funding for a limited number of community projects in their districts. Projects are restricted to specific accounts with varying eligibility.

The projects selected by Congressman Moulton this year will improve infrastructure and climate resiliency, expand workforce development and veterans services, and invest in childcare and education.

“I am pleased to advance critical initiatives that will positively impact quality of life in cities and towns across my district. These projects have been developed by folks on the ground and they stand to directly address key challenges our communities are facing,” said Congressman Moulton. “While I’m happy to report that the projects I submitted have been passed by the subcommittees, the extreme partisanship in Washington threatens forward progress. I will fight hard to ensure that the appropriations bills can be passed by the full Congress in a timely manner so that our communities can receive these critical investments.”

Moving forward, the subcommittee bills must be passed by the full Appropriations Committee before heading to the floor for consideration by the entire House of Representatives. Once the funding has been approved by both chambers of Congress and signed into law by the president, federal agencies can then administer funding to respective project recipients.

Moulton’s FY24 selected community improvement projects includes a Wilmington project — $960,000 in funding for PFAS Water Filtration System.

The Town of Wilmington will design and construct a PFAS filtration system and water mains. This project covers the replacement of granular activated carbon (GAC), helping to mitigate PFAS levels. The project will improve water quality and increase available water flow for firefighting by removing accumulated deposits from the existing water main.

Last year, Moulton successfully secured $16.8 million in FY23 funding for fourteen Community Funding Projects across the Sixth District.