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Harlingen approves TWDB funding and bond ordinances to cover nearly $42 million in water and sewer projects
Summary
Harlingen’s Waterworks board and City Commission approved a package of Texas Water Development Board grants and loans totaling about $41.7 million, with roughly 58% grant funding, to fund wastewater plant upgrades, the Little Creek interceptor and a raw water Jefferson line; all motions carried unanimously.
Harlingen’s Waterworks board and the City Commission on the evening of the special joint meeting approved a series of Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) funding agreements and related revenue bond ordinances totaling about $41.7 million to support three major water and sewer projects.
The packaged assistance includes grant and loan components across three TWDB programs. A financial adviser summarized the aggregate offer as $41,681,404 in funding, of which about $24,146,000 is grant money and approximately $17,000,535 will be borrowed at below‑market interest rates. "So of this, almost $42,000,000—58% of this is a grant," the financial adviser said during the presentation.
Why it matters: The funding covers…
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