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Dimmit County delays vote on joining $30 million regional flood‑mapping grant
Summary
The Dimmit County Commissioners Court heard a presentation from the Nueces River Authority on a Texas Water Development Board grant to remap county floodplains at 6‑inch resolution. The authority said Dimmit's 25% local match is roughly $382,000; commissioners tabled a proposed interlocal to review details and local obligations.
Travis Buski, chief operations officer of the Nueces River Authority, told the Dimmit County Commissioners Court the authority had won a Texas Water Development Board grant to update flood‑plain mapping across the region and that most county maps are decades out of date.
Buski said the grant would remap the county at roughly 6‑inch resolution, produce watershed modeling, support a regional early‑warning system and inspect high‑hazard dams. He told the court that about 993 residents currently live inside the 100‑year…
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