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After taking office in January, the Trump Administration began scrutinizing recently awarded federal grants. In response, local, state and federal elected officials from Northeast Ohio scrambled. Their goal was to make sure that federal grants awarded to Greater Cleveland agencies weren’t frozen or, worse, terminated.

Two large, recent grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) totaling $129 million faced such scrutiny and appear to have survived it. Both are intended to help fund the city of Cleveland’s ambitious lakefront masterplan .

One was $69.3 million from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program and another was $59.7 million Rebuilding America (INFRA) program

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