The city is applying for $24.8 million in federal funds to expand its Water Street parking garage, a third try at obtaining funding for a project that would complement a $100 million National Coast Guard Museum proposed to be built across the street. The proposed project is closely tied to the future construction of a pedestrian bridge over Water Street to connect an area at or near the garage with Union Station. The state approved nearly $20 million toward the bridge and other work associated with the museum several years ago. The garage and pedestrian bridge projects, while independent of each other, are closely intertwined since thousands more visitors to the city each year are expected to be parking in the city’s garage and crossing Water Street to access the museum, which will be built on the waterfront behind Union Station.
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