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Harlingen approves roughly $4 million in equipment purchases to boost flood response and maintenance
Summary
The City Commission authorized roughly $4 million from the vehicle-replacement fund and additional enterprise-fund purchases for pumps, hoses, vactor trucks, sweepers, a long‑reach excavator and other equipment to boost Harlingen’s flood-response and drainage maintenance capacity.
The Harlingen City Commission authorized purchase of public-works equipment intended to strengthen the city’s flood response and routine drainage maintenance.
City staff described a package of pumps, additional discharge hoses, vacuum/vactor equipment, sweepers, dump trucks, a long-reach excavator and several high-profile vehicles intended for rescue and debris clearance. City staff said the equipment list responds to needs observed during the March flood and to gaps in city capacity: "We have 4 pumps that we used during the March floods... If we get more pumps, this will…
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