Orange County’s veterans cemetery that’s spent over a decade in limbo is finally in line for federal funding – but there’s a catch.

Right now, there are 26 other projects ahead of OC’s first veterans cemetery, according to a funding priority list unveiled by the federal Department of Veterans Administration on Wednesday.

It’s another hurdle for a project that’s faced an uphill battle for years, with plans for a cemetery in Irvine on the remains of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro fizzling out after years of political gridlock that pushed the project to Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim, just off the 91 Freeway.

While it remains unclear how much money the cemetery will receive from the federal government or when that money will arrive, Nick Berardino, head of the Veterans Alliance of Orange Count

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