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Council approves $17.75M Little Creek Dam project, PFAS preconstruction funding among 10 appropriations
Summary
Council approved 10 appropriations including $3 million for PFAS compliance preconstruction and a $17,750,000 appropriation from Water Works bonds for Little Creek Dam improvements; attendees raised concerns about PFAS cost shifts to ratepayers.
At the Aug. 12 meeting, Newport News City Council approved a slate of 10 appropriations (H1–H10) by unanimous electronic vote. Highlights included:
• $4,500 in state grant revenue (Virginia Commission for the Arts) to support individual arts grants (H1) and multiple grant awards recommended by the Arts Commission (H2).
• $1,000,000 for preconstruction studies on a CSX embankment project and related remediation work (H4).
• $3,000,000 for preconstruc…
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