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Laredo utility staff outline $57 million in water projects, seek state and federal funds
Summary
Water Utilities staff briefed the Laredo Economic Development Committee on April 20 about ongoing transmission mains, storage tanks and treatment upgrades, listing costs, schedules and funding sources including ARPA, an Army Corps grant and loan applications to the Texas Water Development Board.
City of Laredo Water Utilities staff gave the Laredo Economic Development Committee an update April 20 on multiple ongoing and planned water system projects, detailing costs, estimated completion dates and funding sources.
The presentation covered several large pipeline and treatment efforts. Angie Cather, a Water Utilities Department representative, listed a 24-inch transmission main (described in the presentation as a $5,700,000 project and “estimated… to be done in June”), a 36-inch transmission main project described at $23,000,000, a transmission segment listed at $9,700,000 that is 27% complete and scheduled for October 2025, and the Lyon South Water Storage Tank ($9,200,000) which Cather said “is gonna be completed next month.”
Cather said some projects are funded wholly or in part with…
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