The feds want to bombard Castle Clinton, the 19th-century fort in Battery Park, with $6 million, using cash from the $800 billion stimulus package hurtling through Congress.
A section of the House version of the bill provides $1.7 billion to address “critical deferred maintenance needs” within the nation’s park system.
The bill doesn’t specifically mention the big-bucks rehab, but Castle Clinton is on a list of “top priority” projects the feds want to fund, according to a House Appropriations Committee aide who reviewed an agency list.
The aide put the price tag at $5.6 million to begin the renovation of the fort as an outdoor music venue, based on information the administration provided.