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Buchanan County breaks ground on Southern Gap High School; Corps and contractor outline construction progress
Summary
Officials marked the groundbreaking for a consolidated Southern Gap High School, linking the project to federal Section 202 flood-mitigation funding and describing on-site progress including water-line work, second-floor slabs and upcoming steel erection.
Officials and community leaders on hand at the Southern Gap High School groundbreaking described steady construction progress and emphasized the project’s federal funding and local partnership.
Sherry Fletcher, division superintendent and emcee, said the consolidated high school grew from years of planning and federal disaster recovery work, noting that Section 202 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1981 and later supplemental appropriations under the Disaster Relief Act of 2019 enabled flood‑risk mitigation work tied to the project. “This supplemental appropriation authorized the government to complete implementation of the project at full federal expense,” Fletcher said.
Colonel Jason Putman, commander of the Huntington District of the U.S. Army…
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