The Texas General Land Office (GLO) will allocate $58.4 million to support regional mitigation projects across the state. The awards will enable five counties and four cities to advance essential street improvement, water infrastructure, drainage and flood mitigation projects.
The following are a selection of the projects receiving support:
- The city of Dickinson will receive $15.8 million to improve drainage and progress a siphon drainage project. In total, the city will build a detention pond, install trunklines, improve ditches and replace driveway culverts.
- San Jacinto County will spend $14.2 million on a suite of drainage and road improvement projects across 11 locations. These efforts will primarily entail roadway surface reconstruction and repair, roadside ditch reshaping, culvert replacement and erosion and sediment control. The county will also install interceptors and outfalls to improve drainage systems.
- Refugio County will use $11.6 million for road, drainage, lift station and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) improvements at 11 locations. Road and drainage improvements will include excavating bases, treating surfaces, installing prime coats, textiles crown and base, regrading ditches and outfall structure and installing piping.
- The Woodsboro WWTP will have its clarifier rehabilitated and electrical systems and bar screen upgraded. The county will also improve the Bayside WWTP by installing chlorination equipment, upgrading the chlorination chamber, removing sludge and replacing a line. The Bayside Water Facility will receive a new reverse osmosis pilot plant, grates and membranes. Finally, Refugio County will install pumps and remove, replace and upgrade lift stations and electrical controls at multiple sites in the town of Refugio.
The GLO will award the remaining grants to the following locations:
- Calhoun County will spend $4.1 million to improve ditches, remove and replace culverts, install riprap, repair driveways, restore roadways, improve and modify outfalls and install headwalls, spillways and a splash pad.
- The city of Bishop will spend $3.8 million to regrade ditches, repair culverts, install piping, replace manholes and repair streets.
- Coryell County will receive $3.4 million to remove bridges and roadways, excavate channels, install arches, replace roadways, remove and replace culverts, adjust utilities and install drains, pipes and inlets.
- Gonzales will use $3 million to build detention ponds. Work will include acquiring easements, excavation, building embankments and installing base, overflow structure and pipes.
- The city of Round Top will receive $2 million to improve street surfacing and drainage by excavating, reclaiming and recompacting pavement, installing asphalt and bases and replacing driveway culverts. Plans also include improving channel and outfall structures, upsizing, reconnecting and moving waterlines and installing fire hydrants.
- Brazos County will spend the remaining $500,000 to demolish and reconstruct roads, replace driveway culverts and regrade ditches.
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