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Committee adopts statewide flood-control priority list with seven projects totaling $83 million-plus in benefits
Summary
DOTD presented and the committee approved a statewide flood-control recommended construction program that lists seven projects (five new) and a total expected benefit of over $83,000,000.
The Joint Committee on Transportation on March 24 approved the Statewide Flood Control Program recommended construction list, a slate of seven projects DOTD said would deliver an expected benefit of more than $83,000,000.
Lucas Shines, a DOTD representative, presented the recommended construction program and said there were no changes from the previous week. He described the slate as seven projects: five newly recommended projects in three rural funding districts and two projects in the urban program.
Nut Graf: The committee adopted the recommended flood-control list after DOTD’s presentation. DOTD characterized the slate as a mix of rural and urban flood-control investments with an aggregate expected benefit exceeding $83,000,000.
Details: Shines said the seven projects include five in rural funding districts and two urban projects; DOTD did not provide line-item budgets for each project during the meeting. Senator Price moved approval; the chair recorded no objections and declared the program approved.
Ending: The committee approved the flood-control priority list and then considered committee minutes and other business.
