When Rick Dunne got the news earlier this month that his federal transportation grant was cancelled, it felt like a punch to the gut. In June 2024, late in the Biden administration, the project won a $5.7-million RAISE grant for final design work. “The Trump administration’s cancellation of funds for the Naugatuck River Greenway Trail is arbitrary and asinine," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in a statement to Streetsblog. "Naugatuck Valley communities have already invested significant funds and dedicated serious resources to this project. Show up at project sites and peacefully protest to make visible the loss of investment in our communities.