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Trump cuts upend major NJ storm protection projects
FEMA has abruptly halted a program that pays for resiliency infrastructure upgrades nationwide
MICHAEL SOL WARREN / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – The latest cut by the Trump administration to jeopardize community projects in New Jersey is a federal program designed to reduce future storm damages by investing in protective infrastructure nationwide.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, an initiative that in recent years awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to make communities around the U.S. more resilient to future natural disasters …
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