Grants will replace aging water infrastructure, improve roadways, enhance rural broadband access, and support small businesses

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Congressman Jared Golden announced that 11 towns and organizations in Maine will receive a total of $5,800,000 from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) today.

“The Northern Border Regional Commission makes critical investments to improve infrastructure and boost rural Maine communities,” said Senators Collins and King and Congressman Golden. “The NBRC continues to build on its important work with this funding to improve water infrastructure and roadways, expand access to high-speed Internet, and update other vital infrastructure. Combined, these projects will help support small businesses, promote the creation of good-paying jobs, and grow our state’s economy.”

The funding will be distributed as follows:

The NBRC is a federal-state partnership that was created by Congress in 2008 to help alleviate economic distress and encourage private sector job creation throughout the northern counties of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.

Earlier this year, Senator Collins introduced and Senator King co-sponsored a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the NBRC.  As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Collins helped to secure a $5 million increase for NBRC programs in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water funding bill.