Westford To Receive $2.4 Million In Federal Relief Funds

Westford MA

17 March, 2021

5:29 PM

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WESTFORD, MA — The town will get roughly $2.45 million in federal funds from the coronavirus relief and stimulus bill passed last week, according to estimates from the House Oversight and Reform Committee. One of the $1.9 trillion bill's provisions is $350 billion for state and local aid, including a $130 billion Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. That fund will send $3.4 billion to Massachusetts, according to the Committee's estimates. Most of that funding will go to counties and the state's 37 largest cities and towns, but $368 million will be split between the other 314 communities. That money is allocated by population. The committee estimated that Westford will get $2.45 million — just about $100 per resident, according to 2019 Census Bureau estimates. The funds must be spent by 2024 and can go to specific categories, according to an analysis from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation those include: "Response to both the pandemic and related economic consequencesProvision of government services necessitated by revenue reduction due to the pandemicInvestments in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure" The bill also has billions in funding for state capital projects, K-12 education, transit and other categories.