Federal budget bill slashes spending on Neighborhood Access and Equity Program. Big grant for Emerald Trail in Jacksonville among the casualties.

City of Jacksonville to help complete the Emerald Trail through the Federal Highway Administration Neighborhood Access and Equity Program was slashed in the federal reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on Friday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s new budget bill stripped Jacksonville of its largest federal grant in history. The signing wiped out $147 million earmarked for the Emerald Trail project, which aims to link 14 historic communities to downtown Jacksonville, Hogans Creek, McCoys Creek and the St. Johns River by 2031.