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Committee member presses secretary on rebuilding roads and bridges in Western North Carolina and Texas
Summary
At a committee hearing, a member asked the department secretary what commitments the department will make to rebuild roads and bridges damaged in Western North Carolina and Texas flooding; the secretary said technical assistance is already under way and that resources will be provided, but offered no timeline or funding details.
A committee member asked the department secretary during a hearing how committed the department is to rebuilding roads and bridges in Western North Carolina and in areas of Texas hit by flooding. The committee member said the visit to Western North Carolina in early February showed “the destruction there,” and urged a focused response for rural communities that they said are often “forgotten.” The committee member said officials had worked “throughout government to make sure we can get rock that was closer to the…
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