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ARBC adds Resolution 1184 and seeks to reallocate East Feliciana funds to Lower Amite River projects
Summary
The Amite River Basin Commission added Resolution 1184 to its agenda and approved a request to ask the Office of Community Development to repurpose conditional funding for the Upper Comite River (East Feliciana Parish) toward Lower Amite River work.
The Amite River Basin Commission on Jan. 14 voted to add and approve Resolution 1184, which instructs staff to work with the Office of Community Development (OCD) to seek reallocation of funding that had been conditionally approved for an Upper Comite River clearing and snagging project in East Feliciana Parish.
Commissioners said hydraulic modeling and a review by OCD had indicated the Upper Comite project did not demonstrate sufficient benefits to meet OCD’s requirements. President Clark told the commission the funding at issue is “to the tune of $26,000,000 and some change.” The commission’s…
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