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County official says FAA earmark list includes Victoria; $2.5M state design award also cited
Summary
A county staff member briefed the commissioners court that a federal earmark request for the Victoria airport terminal was included on a House list and that the state awarded $2.5 million for terminal design; the court treated the briefing as informational and offered thanks to federal and local partners.
Lenny (staff member) told the Victoria County Commissioners Court that a federal earmark request to help build the county airport terminal was included on a recent House Appropriations Committee list and that the state separately committed $2.5 million for terminal design.
The report matters because the terminal project depends on multiple funding sources, Lenny said, and placement on the House list is an early step before Senate consideration and reconciliation on the federal budget.
Lenny said he submitted a $10,000,000 request to the congressman’s office. He told the court, “Last year, the congressman had told me that this…
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