Date: March 6, 2026
At a press conference at the head of Ego Alley on Annapolis’s City Dock this morning, Mayor Jared Littmann, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Representative Sarah Elfreth, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittmann, Delegate Dana Jones, Delegate Dylan Behler, former U.S. Representative John Sarbanes, several City Council members and others announced $35 million in FEMA funding for the City Dock Resiliency Project.
Historic Annapolis has long supported the Resiliency Project. This important effort to address flooding, enhance public spaces, and preserve our maritime heritage will help protect local homes and businesses and ensure that City Dock can continue to be enjoyed by residents and visitors for generations to come. Additionally, HA proudly participated in the FEMA review process to ensure the protection of historic properties in the project area and to mitigate the damaging impacts that continued flooding would have on this historic area if not addressed.
Mayor Littmann spoke about the impact of this funding: “This is a major investment in protecting our historic waterfront, local businesses, and ensuring that our residents can continue to enjoy this wonderful area that we all love for generations and generations to come,” said Mayor Littmann. “This is an investment in the future of Annapolis.”
Representative Elfreth reinforced how much this funding will touch. “This is more than just a climate adaption project,” said Rep. Elfreth. “It has real implications for Annapolis’s past, present, and future.”
Rep. Elfreth also talked about how protecting this land means being able to continue to tell our city’s important stories: “We also have a deep obligation to tell the stories of this city, not just of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, but also the people who worked the water, the immigrants, the family who lived right here and made Annapolis what it is today.”
For more information about the announcement and to listen to the complete press conference, visit Eye On Annapolis.