The city is looking for some federal cash.

On Tuesday, Niagara Falls council submitted four projects to the Community Infrastructure Fund, a federal government program to help rehabilitate and expand community infrastructure.

Earlier this year, the feds set aside a two-year, $150-million fund, $49.6 million for Ontario.

Here is the list of projects the city is submitting for consideration:

Battlefield Redevelopment

— Preserving the former War of 1812 battle site, expanding park land, improving walking trails/ interpretative signage;

Millennium Trail Section Three

— Extending the northern-most section of walking trail, connecting to the Niagara Parks Commission’s trail system;

Prince Charles Park and Pool Redevelopment

—A $500,000 project to replace the play area at the park and convert the wading pool to a splash pad, as well as pathway upgrades, a new pool liner and a roof for the main building;

McLeod Rd. Reconstruction

— A $2-million project to reconstruct and widen McLeod Rd., between Pin Oak Dr. and Kalar Rd., which connects the commercial node with a growing residential base in the area.

Council is recommending the Region submit the Thorold Rd. extension project, which would allow for greater access to the Gale Centre. the plants were ugly and weeds were taking over. The province then put gravel fill into the planter, but council complained weeds were still growing in the gravel.

On Tuesday, Coun. Wayne Thomson said there’s a reluctance on the province’s part to keep Highway 420 from looking like “hell.”

“They should properly manicure the site and come up with a solution to the unsightly entrance into the city,” he said.

Thomson claims the province takes out the weeds and cuts the grass once or twice a season, when it should be done every week-and-a-half to two weeks.

Mayor Jim Diodati agreed with Thomson, describing the area as looking like a “dog’s breakfast.”

“It looks like a mess, it’s disgusting,” he said. “You have one chance at a first impression and what we have doesn’t cut it.”

Diodati said when council first pressured the province, they were told lanes would have to be shut down for maintenance.

“It’s not the tough task we are led to believe,” he said.