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Harlingen moves ahead on several storm‑sewer projects; opts to revise or withdraw larger FEMA‑funded scopes
Summary
The City awarded a contract for Fifth and Seventh Street storm sewer work, approved a scope‑reduction approach for Jefferson Street phase 2, and directed staff to appeal or withdraw aspects of a separate 20 First Street FEMA grant because updated cost estimates exceed available funding.
Harlingen’s commission approved multiple actions to advance stormwater infrastructure after staff warned some federally awarded grants no longer cover the full updated construction estimates.
Engineering presented a bid award for Fifth and Seventh Street storm sewer improvements — roughly 5,000 linear feet of underground storm pipe capturing drainage from about 80 acres between Van Buren and Polk — and the commission unanimously awarded the contract to Go Underground LLC under Bid No. 2025‑06. City Engineer Luis Vargas said the project is funded…
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