federal funding freeze

Agencies across Oregon are evaluating what the Trump administration’s decision to freeze federal grants means for local projects and programs.

Federal funding that was supposed to be used to build a wildlife crossing spanning I-5 south of Ashland has been paused amid a larger review of transportation grants by the Trump Administration.

The Trump administration’s on-again, off-again federal funding freeze sowed widespread anxiety and confusion across the country and around Oregon. In Mapleton, locals feared a delay in federal grant payments would jeopardize efforts to rebuild their failing water system.