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Annapolis got its long-awaited federal funding for City Dock. What’s next?
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — More than $35 million has been released by FEMA to help fund the Annapolis City Dock Resiliency and Revitalization Project, several Maryland and Annapolis leaders announced on Friday.
"For too long, Annapolis has suffered from flooding, especially at City Dock," said Senator Angela Alsobrooks. "This necessary funding will ensure Marylanders and tourists alike can enjoy all that City Dock has to offer: small businesses - like ice cream shops, book stores, and restaurants - local history and heritage, and, of course, experience the beauty of Annapolis that we all treasure.
March 16, 2026
Read more >> Baltimore Banner
The long-awaited City Dock Project broke ground Monday morning, promising flood protection for downtown Annapolis.
The project is slated to add floodgates, raise land to block rising water levels, install a new park and construct a New Maritime Welcome Center.
“We all know the urgency of now,” Rep. Sarah Elfreth, a Maryland Democrat, said. “We all know the grave public safety challenges if we don’t address the flooding.”
November 3, 2025
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“According to the project website, it will raise and reinforce the waterfront, add flood barriers, improve drainage, and create a new public space, including a Maritime Welcome Center.
"We are turning a problem of flooding into an opportunity," Buckley said. "We're not just building walls, we're placemaking."
November 3, 2025
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Annapolis hits big funding milestone for City Dock Project
Annapolis' City Dock project hit a funding milestone after FEMA signed off on a $35.5 million hazard mitigation grant.
The City of Annapolis began the grant process in 2022. The dollars will help elevate low-lying areas around the dock, upgrade degrading infrastructure and install flood protection barriers.
March 6, 2026
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“Officials heralded the park as a way to unpave paradise, converting what's currently a waterfront parking lot into a public destination for all to enjoy.
‘I want you to imagine that there is grass under your feet, not tarmac," Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley (D) said. "We're trying to make a public space for everyone.’”
November 3, 2025
Read more >> Patch.com/Annapolis
“City Dock sits at the lowest point of downtown Annapolis and now floods so often that “nuisance” high-tide water regularly shuts streets and businesses with no storm in sight. Since 1969, nuisance flooding in Annapolis has increased by more than 1,200 percent, threatening both public safety and the viability of shops and restaurants around Ego Alley.”
November 3, 2025
Read more >> Eye on Annapolis
Littmann, Van Hollen, Elfreth Announce $35 Million For City Dock Resiliency Project
A press conference at the head of Ego Alley on City Dock this morning put long-awaited funding for Annapolis’ City Dock Resiliency Project back on solid ground, with Mayor Jared Littmann joined by U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Rep. Sarah Elfreth announcing $35 million in federal support.Listen to the entire press conference (28 min). Speakers are US Senator Van Hollen, US Representative Elfreth, former US Representative Sarbanes, Mayor Littmann, County Executive Pittman, MD Emergency Management Secretary Strickland.
March 6, 2026
Read more >> Eye on Annapolis
“This project is a transformational effort to protect Annapolis’ historic waterfront from the impacts of sea level rise and recurrent flooding, while creating a more vibrant public space for residents, visitors, and the maritime community.
This groundbreaking is the culmination of years of public engagement, planning, and review that began in 2019 with the appointment of the City Dock Action Committee (CDAC), a group of nearly 100 community stakeholders appointed by Mayor Buckley and the Annapolis City Council. Their charge: develop a comprehensive solution that balances flood protection, economic vitality, historic preservation, and quality of life.”
November 5, 2026
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After five years and hundreds of meetings, the City of Annapolis and its partners officially broke ground on an $88 million project to protect City Dock from coastal flooding, offer better public access, and improve the visitor experience.
At a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Nov. 3, one day before Annapolis elects a new mayor, outgoing Mayor Gavin Buckley moved forward with the City Dock Resiliency and Revitalization Project. While Buckley acknowledged the city is still waiting for a crucial $33 million Hazard Mitigation grant from FEMA, work is moving ahead on the plans to improve the “economic and community heart of Annapolis,” he said.
November 4, 2025
Read more >> Chesapeake Bay Magazine
$35 million in federal funds released for Annapolis City Dock resiliency project
With $35 million finally secured from the federal government, Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann is considering the long-awaited City Dock redevelopment project fully funded — “full stop.”
When the work is done, the historic waterfront will be protected from flooding by a physically elevated park and a movable flood barrier system.
Flooding along Ego Alley, the spit of water that runs into downtownAnnapolis,has become more of a problem for area businesses, as well as for residents and visitors.
March 6, 2026
Read more >> WMAR
Annapolis City Dock awarded long-awaited FEMA grant for flood protection
Annapolis has been awarded a long-awaited grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the flood resiliency project on Annapolis’ City Dock, federal and city officials said Friday.
The City Dock Project includes a raised park, higher sidewalks, flood barriers, a new park and a new Maritime Welcome Center. The project is budgeted to cost around $87 million and broke ground in November without the long-anticipated $33 million FEMA grant.
March 6, 2026
Read more >> Capital Gazette
Hutzell: Annapolis got funding for City Dock the day Kristi Noem was fired. Not a coincidence.
Hours after President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, word spread that Annapolis would finally get $35 million crucial to its massive remake of City Dock.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency grant is a long-sought final piece of a plan to turn the former waterfront parking lot into both a barrier against climate-driven flooding and a new green space that will draw more people downtown.
Were the two connected? You betcha, even if not directly.
March 6, 2026
Read more >> Baltimore Banner
Hutzell: Archaeologists dug up City Dock and rediscovered Annapolis’ icy past
Ice once dominated City Dock.The Annapolis Ice Manufacturing Co. opened in 1899 as an industrial powerhouse, pumping water from private wells and freezing it in massive tanks chilled by a coal-powered refrigeration system.
Winter, summer, spring and fall, the company produced as much as 30 tons of ice a day on the Annapolis waterfront.
January 1, 2026
Read more >> Baltimore Banner
CBS News: FEMA releases $35 million in funds for Annapolis City Dock flood mitigation project
FEMA has released $35 million in funds for the ongoing City Dock flood mitigation and revitalization project in Annapolis, Maryland leaders announced.
March 6, 2026
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The Urgency of Now: First phase of City Dock renovations to begin in attempt to stop flooding
“Just last week, City Dock in Annapolis was under more than 4 feet of water in the latest bout of recurrent flooding that again hit businesses hard.
The pavement was dry on Monday, and nearly the entire area has been cordoned off from the public because it is now a construction site.”
Oct. 30, 2025
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City Dock FEMA Grant Press Conference
March 6, 2026
City Dock Resilience Project Groundbreaking
November 4, 2025
