February 17, 2011 (Oakland)--The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) strongly opposes the proposed $600 million elimination of the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER II) program. As part of the current debate about how to fund the federal government for the rest of 2011 with a “continuing resolution,” the U.S. House majority has called for the elimination of the TIGER II funds.
The Illinois Democrat, speaking at Kelleher's Irish Pub & Eatery on Water Street, said the House-backed measure to slash $61 billion from the federal budget included cuts from previously approved but untapped TIGER II grants issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Last month U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal offered his congratulations as he looked out a downtown New Haven window onto a mini-highway slated to become a $140 million “urban boulevard” and office tower. Monday he spoke about the project again during a visit to New Haven—but this time he vowed to save it from Republican budget-cutters in Washington.
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