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Waynesboro council backs $12M BUILD grant application, joins PFAS settlement and authorizes VDOT blanket funding
Summary
At its Feb. 9 meeting, the Waynesboro City Council voted to support a $12 million BUILD grant application (with a $3 million local match), adopt emergency and VDOT-related authorizations, and opt into phase-two participation in a national PFAS (AFFF) class action; council also introduced two fiber-franchise ordinances and held a public hearing on proposed CDBG reallocations.
Waynesboro City Council on Feb. 9 approved a set of resolutions to pursue federal and state funding and to preserve the city’s legal options on PFAS contamination. Council members voted to support a proposed $12,000,000 BUILD grant application to create a bridge maintenance program, with a required local match estimated at $3,000,000, and they adopted other administrative resolutions including an updated regional emergency operations plan and a blanket authorization for VDOT project funding and signature authority.
Public works staff told the council the BUILD application would fund a $15,000,000 program if awarded — $12,000,000 in grant dollars plus about $3,000,000 in local match that staff proposed to accumulate over the next two to three fiscal years. "A number of our bridges are designated in lower rankings in terms of condition," Public Works (Mr. Hand) said, adding that the program would extend the useful life of those structures by 20 to 25 years and reduce near-term replacement needs.
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