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Columbia waits on $32 million BRIC grant as DHS appropriation stalls; staff readies rail-crossing application
Summary
City officials were told a federal judge ordered the federal BRIC program reinstated after an administration cancellation, potentially reviving Columbia’s $32 million canal-repair grant; DHS appropriations remain unresolved and staff recommended preparing a railroad-crossing grant application to close a projected $13 million local shortfall.
City officials said they are awaiting federal action that could restore a delayed $32 million hazard-mitigation grant for canal repairs while continuing to plan for an anticipated funding gap on a railroad-grade separation project.
A Capitol Edge representative told the council that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill has not been completed, a delay that has caused pay interruptions for some federal workers and has left the city’s BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) FY2020 award unresolved. The speaker said a federal judge recently ruled that the…
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