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Hillsborough County advances stormwater repairs, taps firms for federal disaster-recovery work
Summary
At its Nov. 5 meeting, the board approved two change orders for stormwater culvert work and authorized negotiations with two firms to implement federally funded Community Development Block Grant disaster-recovery projects; HUD has allocated more than $709 million in CDBG-DR funding linked to hurricane recovery, county communications said.
At the Nov. 5 meeting of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, the board approved two change orders for ongoing and as-needed stormwater culvert and construction services covering eastern and western parts of the county, county communications staffer Katie said.
Katie said the culvert renewal and replacement contract is intended to repair and proactively replace aged and failing stormwater infrastructure to protect people and property, and that the number of emergency projects has risen in recent hurricane seasons.
The board also selected and authorized negotiations with the top two firms it deemed best qualified to implement the county’s Community Development Block Grant disaster-recovery (CDBG-DR) program. Katie said the moves respond to increased demand following recent storms and are part of the county’s effort to use federal disaster-recovery funding for long-term repairs.
Katie reported that, in response to federally declared disasters after hurricanes Helene and Milton, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated more than $709,000,000 in CDBG-DR funding intended to support long-term recovery and address unmet needs in Hillsborough County; the funds were described as targeted to low- and moderate-income residents in the most impacted and distressed areas.
County officials must now negotiate terms with the selected firms before work proceeds. The county communications recap did not include the firms’ names, vote tallies, contract amounts, or a specific implementation timeline.
Next steps: county staff will move forward with negotiated agreements and project prioritization; the board will receive updates as negotiations advance.
