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Board authorizes North Delta to prepare USDOT grant application to study countywide flooding
Summary
Supervisors authorized North Delta to prepare a USDOT Regional Infrastructure Accelerated Program application for technical assistance — up to $10 million — to study Coldwater River Basin drainage and countywide flood solutions.
Tunica County supervisors voted to allow regional partner North Delta (noted in transcript as "North Delta") to prepare and submit an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Regional Infrastructure Accelerated Program, which offers technical assistance worth up to $10 million.
Presenter Mister Finke said the grant would fund comprehensive technical studies to identify transportation infrastructure and drainage upgrades related to the Coldwater River Basin, including corridor analyses from Robinsonville through Dundee and Doves. If awarded, the assistance would pay for engineers and specialists to analyze drainage and bridge needs and recommend solutions.
The county’s application would be prepared on an accelerated timeline; the speaker said the application deadline was imminent and staff needed authorization to finalize and submit the application. The board approved the request by voice vote.
The item authorizes staff to work with North Delta in preparing the application; it does not commit local matching funds. Staff said winning the award would allow the county to hire consultants to study and propose mitigations for recurring flooding.
