With local land-use approval secured for a nearly $20 million pedestrian bridge linking downtown to the future National Coast Guard Museum, talks continue with state officials about the release of funding for the project. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission earlier this month granted conditional approval to plans for a 400-foot, glass-walled pedestrian bridge spanning Water Street to the city’s waterfront and the future site of the estimated $100 million National Coast Guard Museum. The DECD commissioner, per the agreement, will take into consideration the museum association’s capital campaign before it releases the funding for the pedestrian bridge. The National Coast Guard Museum Association reported nearing the halfway mark to the estimated $150 million being sought to complete the entire project — $30 million for museum exhibits and programming, $20 million for the pedestrian bridge and $100 million for construction of the museum. The museum association, in its 2020 Year in Review, reported $73 million has been committed toward the project. Fundraising, much of which has gone virtual, is ongoing.
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