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Commissioners approve $462,000 ARPA allocation to fix Combs sinkhole, authorize grant agreement
Summary
Cameron County agreed to provide $462,000 in American Rescue Plan Act interest earnings to the City of Combs to fund emergency repairs to a large sinkhole affecting water and sewer infrastructure and nearby roadway; the court approved a grant agreement and set procurement and match expectations.
The Cameron County Commissioners Court voted May 20 to provide $462,000 from ARPA-related funds to the City of Combs to pay emergency repairs after a sinkhole formed in the city’s wastewater system following recent storms.
Mayor Silver and Combs’ city administrator described urgent infrastructure failures: what began as a roughly 4-foot-by-4-foot void expanded to nearly 400 feet, affecting manholes and deep gravity and force mains 17–18 feet below ground. City staff said the water table and flood conditions forced dewatering operations that now use about 24 well points to…
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