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Senator Williams Graves seeks $50M for Norfolk coastal defenses and multiple local investments
Summary
Senator Williams Graves presented a package of budget amendments aimed at coastal storm risk management for Norfolk, language to prevent an $11 million removal cost for a submerged pipe, university ERP modernization funding, and several community program grants.
Senator Williams Graves told the committee that his amendments would fund coastal storm risk management for Norfolk and a set of targeted local and institutional projects.
He described amendment 359 #5 S as a $50 million request to support phases 1a and 1b of the coastal storm risk management (CSRM) project. "This will allow Norfolk to unlock $1,700,000,000 in federal funding," Williams Graves said, adding that the federally authorized project has an authorized total cost of $2,600,000,000 and includes storm surge…
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