Two recently enacted laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act — will include approximately $62 million in supplemental funding to support critical missions over several years across the Chesapeake Bay region.

According to the Army Corps, Baltimore District, the funding will go towards local dredging projects including completion of the District of Columbia flood risk management project which reduces risk to human safety and critical infrastructure in downtown D.C. from flooding of the Potomac River; mitigation work associated with the Wyoming Valley levee project in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and $37.5 million for the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island ecosystem restoration project which will restore and expand island habitat through the beneficial use of dredged material from the Baltimore Harbor and approach channels.