New Hampshire Federal Funding

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport

The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) has undertaken a public-private partnership to develop up to a 100,000 square-foot air cargo facility, with a private developer funding the building and related work, and MHT funding the aircraft apron, taxiway connectors, utility relocation, and an access road. The partnership leverages private investment to bring much needed air cargo capacity and high paying jobs to New Hampshire. The cost of the Airport’s share of the project is significant and,

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Silvio O. Conte NFWR

Funding for this project would support federal acquisition of a conservation easement by USFWS of more than 4,092 acres of priority lands in New Hampshire from a willing seller (Bear Hill Conservancy) as additions to the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Conte Refuge), which spans the four-state Connecticut River watershed.

Mascoma Conservation Project - Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Mascoma Conservation Project - Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

City of Nashua

This funding would support improvements to Walnut Street in Nashua. The Walnut Street “Oval” is the result of 1950s urban renewal, and has led to a lack of circulation, prohibition of vehicular movement, and an unsafe situation for pedestrians. This project would tighten the impacted intersections, reintroduce sidewalks, realign the roadways to connect them and allow for traffic flow, create new intersections, and install signaling. Combined, these improvements will reintroduce a street grid tha

Keene State College

Keene State College, in partnership with the Monadnock United Way, is seeking funds to support initiatives to increase both the number and level of training for childcare workers, including training and professional development for current workers. The aim of these initiatives is for higher retention of employees in the field, which will also help to expand childcare availability in the Monadnock Region.

Catholic Medical Center & Saint Anselm College

Catholic Medical Center (CMC) and Saint Anselm College would use Congressionally Directed Spending funds to build a 13,000sq ft. state-of-the-art m healthcare simulation facility in New Hampshire. CMC and Saint Anselm College would renovate and build this center on Manchester’s West Side. This facility would be used for healthcare staff, nursing and healthcare students and other stakeholders for on the job training, representations of real life health care events and testing.

Nansen Ski Club

This federal appropriation will be used to help in the preservation of the Big Nansen Ski Jump, a historic site registered on the National Register of Historic Places, in Milan, NH. The Big Nansen Ski Jump was once the largest ski jump in the world and used for several Olympic Trials, including the 1938 trials, and other national championships. This appropriation will be used to address structural issues associated with the site’s aging infrastructure.

Colby-Sawyer College

Colby-Sawyer College has requested funds to construct a new, state-of-the-art building for its School of Nursing & Health Sciences Program. This program has expanded over the last few years as Colby-Sawyer has worked with Dartmouth-Hitchcock on a five-year project to expand their partnership to address critical workforce needs. This project will fill a critical need for nursing education to ready the next generation of nurses.

Merrimack Police Department

This project would fund the Merrimack Police Department and Fire Department’s efforts to upgrade to their exiting radio system to an 800 megahertz (MHz) digital trunked radio system in order to alleviate current coverage issues. Both departments have had radio coverage issues while trying to transmit inside large structures and other geographically compromised areas.

NH Department of Safety-Division of State Police

This CDS proposal would provide the New Hampshire State Police with funding needed to obtain hardware, software and additional training to appropriately respond to the rise in digital crime. The project will allow the NH State Police Department of Special Investigation to provide improved, free services to local Law enforcement agencies as well as expanded training for forensics lab staff.