The city has been approached about participating in a regional grant application for up to $40 million in federal funds to upgrade paved roads in the Route 16-Route 2 corridor in the Androscoggin Valley.
City Manager Patrick MacQueen said former N.H. Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Mike Nolin is now working for Roadway Management Inc., and contacted the city to see if it was interested in putting together an application for so-called TIGER funds under the American ...
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