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County committee approves CDBG funding to pave Highland Road; one road remains awaiting federal support
Summary
The presenter said the county committee approved using Community Development Block Grant money to pave Highland Road—the first CDBG project approved for the wildfire area—while noting one more road still needs resurfacing pending federal funds.
Unidentified Speaker reported that the county committee recently approved using Community Development Block Grant funds to pave Highland Road, marking the first approved CDBG project tied to wildfire recovery work in the area.
The presenter said the committee had previously relied on a $500,000 state Lawnmower Fund allocation to regravel several public access and road-district roads but that one road still needs resurfacing. That remaining resurfacing is contingent on an additional federal program approval the presenter said was “coming” and still working through the process.
Why it matters: road repairs affect access, cleanup and rebuilding pace in rural recovery zones and present reimbursement challenges when FEMA documentation is incomplete.
Details: the transcript states the paving project was approved by the committee the presenter sits on; the presentation did not record the motion text, mover or second, or a roll-call vote. Remaining CDBG funds were described as a couple million dollars earmarked for either infrastructure damaged in the fire or resiliency projects for the area.
