Charlie Baker has a 'pretty solid commitment' on a deal with the feds to rebuild Cape Cod bridges [View all]
Gov. Charlie Baker says he feels strongly he’s reached a deal for the federal government to cover the costs of an up to $2 billion project to replace the two bridges that stretch across the Cape Cod Canal.
Baker met with a top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official at the Pentagon on Monday, where the governor said he walked away with a “pretty solid commitment” to have the initiative financed under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law, GBH News reports.
“I am optimistic that we can get this thing launched before the end of this year,” Baker said.
The tentative agreement would allow the bridges to be rebuilt as a federal Department of Transportation and Federal High Administration project — one that the Army Corps of Engineers would bid on, according to GBH.
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