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Soledad approves consultant work to pursue $11.6M federal grant to protect wastewater plant
Summary
The Soledad City Council unanimously approved a consultant task order (Resolution 6,133) up to $239,213 to prepare engineering and a FEMA BRIC grant application to fund an estimated $11.6 million permanent levee/guide-bank fix, with a possible city share of 10–20% depending on funding and disadvantaged-community status.
The Soledad City Council on July 17 approved a consultant task order to develop engineering analyses and a FEMA BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) grant application aimed at a long-term fix for river scouring that repeatedly damages the levee protecting the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
Public Works Director Don Wilcox told the council the treatment plant is a $60 million asset and nationwide river-course changes have caused persistent scour at the levee. Army Corps repairs have…
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