In the bond bill, Rep. Cabral reauthorized $35 million for the dredging of New Bedford Harbor, added a $330,000 authorization for improvements to East Beach.
U.S. Representative William Keating dropped some news on President Donald Trump's proposed infrastructure improvements during his weekly appearance on WBSM.
Rep. Antonio Cabral penned a letter to Gov. Baker, signed by other members of the SouthCoast delegation, asking for a representative of the area be part of the governor's new transportation committee.
Last week's two-day national mayor's summit on smart cities and new energy technologies at New Bedford's Whaling Museum has led to the creation of "The New Bedford Principles," a six-point energy recommendation that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will make to Congress and the Trump Administration to hopefully be included with the president's planned infrastructure overhaul.