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Oro Valley stormwater utility wins HMGP funding for Sierra Wash culvert repairs
Summary
Town staff announced that Arizona DEMA and FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program authorized about $210,000 for a box‑culvert improvement at Sierra Wash via Via Mandarina; the town expects a local match of roughly $70,000–$80,000 and foresees related regional work by Pima County.
The Oro Valley Stormwater Utility announced it has been awarded federal hazard‑mitigation funding to shore up an undermined box culvert on Sierra Wash at Via Mandarina. Richard Spiker, representing the stormwater utility, said Arizona Department of Emergency Management (DEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) authorized more than $200,000 toward the project and that the town expects to contribute a local match of about $70,000–$80,000.
Spiker said the culvert’s outlet apron had…
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