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Port Richey leaders discuss $4.3 million in state appropriations, water main work and Grand Boulevard planning
Summary
Mayor and city staff reviewed recent state budget approvals that could provide about $4.3 million for local projects — including water main replacement, lift station rehab and a fire truck — and scheduled workshops to plan Grand Boulevard and other property acquisitions.
Mayor John Eric Cooper told the council the Florida legislative budget process produced line-item funding that, if signed by the governor, would provide about $4.3 million in appropriations for the city.
Cooper said the total included several earmarks the city had requested: roughly $2.5 million for water-pipe replacement, $1 million for lift-station rehabilitation, $800,000 for a fire truck and $400,000 for housing-related items. “That now gets packaged up and goes to the…
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