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Port Richey committee to package Sunset Road, Bay Boulevard, lift stations for federal resiliency funding
Summary
City of Port Richey committee members summarized a recent Pasco County resiliency briefing, identified Sunset Road and Bay Boulevard as priority project areas, and agreed to prepare elevation maps and a grant-ready project package to pursue Army Corps, FEMA and other funding.
Committee members for the City of Port Richey spent their meeting reviewing a Pasco County-led resiliency briefing and agreed to prepare a project package focused first on Sunset Road, with Bay Boulevard, sanitary lift stations and the Indian Mound listed as follow-on priorities.
The discussion centered on how Port Richey can translate a vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan into funding-ready projects. Committee member Linda said the county presenters were “very knowledgeable and very, very willing to help us,” and members described opportunities to access non‑matching state and federal funds if the city can describe specific, shovel‑ready work.
Pasco County attendees identified in the briefing include Dr. Mark Bellas (leading the county effort), Jeff Harris (freshwater ecologist) and Anthony Thomas (grants specialist); Dr. Ping Wong of the University of South Florida is leading a university‑based coastal monitoring effort…
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