Agawam

“It’s an exercise in futility,” said Maureen Cayer, the housing authority director in Agawam in Western Massachusetts, where four units have been vacant for more than two years as of July.

Officials in West Springfield and Agawam, in Massachusetts, sought federal funds to build a bridge over a rail crossing along a road that connects the towns, but did not win a grant.

“We can’t even gauge the harm that it may have caused,” Mayor Bill Sapelli of Agawam said.

Mr. Cerbone, 32, is from Windsor, Conn., and earned an associate degree in accounting and business from Manchester Community College in Manchester, Conn. He is a tax analyst at H&R Block, a tax preparation company, in Agawam, Mass.

The park in Agawam said in a statement that it will open for members and season pass holders on May 14, and to the general public the next day.