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Committee moves $5 million city match to repair Mississippi flood wall
Summary
The Public Infrastructure & Utilities Committee voted to in-bank and give a due-pass recommendation to Board Bill 115, which would allocate $5,000,000 in city funds to match a state grant for repairs and testing of the flood wall along the Mississippi River.
Chair Browning introduced Board Bill 115 on Jan. 14, asking the Public Infrastructure & Utilities Committee to allocate $5,000,000 as the city’s match to state funds for repairs to the flood wall along the Mississippi River.
The measure’s sponsor, Chair Browning, told the committee the funding would support pump testing, debris removal and replacement of valves at wells along the wall and related environmental testing. Browning said the Streets Division is responsible for flood-wall maintenance and that…
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