Pajaro River Levee Project at risk after Trump claws back funding
President Donald Trump has taken millions of dollars already allocated to blue states—and reallocated the funding to red states—impacting a wide array of ongoing critical infrastructure projects, including the Pajaro River Flood Management Project. … Also losing funding are the American River Common Features Levee Improvement Project, the Lower San Joaquin River Project and the West Sacramento Project. Pajaro River Flood Management Agency (PRFMA) Director Mark Strudley said that construction is still expected to start this fall on Reach 6, which runs along Corralitos Creek from Green Valley Road to East Lake Avenue. That portion of the project is funded by $156 million already allocated to the project. … PRFMA was also counting on—and what Trump zeroed out—was $38.5 million in funding for the Pajaro River Levee project provided by Congress to the Army Corps under Republicans’ yearlong continuing resolution for fiscal year 2025.