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Emergency Watershed Protection approved for $26.3M so far; county seeks roughly $5M to cover engineering shortfall
Summary
Buncombe County reported federal EWP approvals totaling about $26.33 million for stream-bank and waterway debris repairs and said it faces an estimated $4.96 million shortfall for engineering and administrative (TA) costs unless state/local matches are found; county staff said best-case construction could begin late spring/early summer next year.
Buncombe County staff provided an Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) update in which they said federal approvals total about $26.33 million to date for stream-bank repairs and waterway debris removal, and that a funding shortfall remains for engineering and administration costs.
"So far, we have received word back on a hundred and 86 of those. And, as in moving them to the next, phase, we have only had 7 of all, of our submissions denied," said Jennifer Harrison, reporting on EWP submittals. She said the county has…
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