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Nearly $90 million in federal stimulus money is coming to Rhode Island to be spent on environmental projects including drinking water and sewer construction, home weatherization and modernizing heating and air conditioning systems.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced the figures at a news conference early Monday afternoon at the Save the Bay Center in Providence.

Anthony B. Simeone, executive director of the state's Clean Water Finance Agency, said he expects to start spending the water and sewer money locally by late summer.

The figures are a bit higher than estimates cited by state officials several weeks ago.

Reed also pointed to another $26 million for additional green projects that is included in the recently passed Fiscal Year 2009 Consolidated Appropriations bill.

"This money will help clean Narragansett Bay and put people back to work," Reed said.

This is the stimulus breakdown:
$26.5 million for sewers and sewer plants
$23.96 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
$20 million for weatherizing homes and upgrading heating and cooling systems
and, $19.5 million for drinking water.

In the federal budget is:
$12.7 for more sewer and drinking water work
$8.4 million for energy and water projects
$4.2 million to study and monitor Narragansett Bay and fund a Save the Bay educational program
and $1 million more for home weatherization

 Tags  Providence RI Sen. Jack Reed

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