Res. Comm. Gonzalez-Colon Announces Approval of $2.5 Billion in Flood Control Funding for Puerto Rico
The Resident Commissioner held a series of meetings with local, regional and national
In the course of this work she accompanied Corps officials and other federal agency leaders to inspect the project sites to evaluate the urgent need to protect citizens' lives and property.
"In this Island there are Corps flood control projects that have gone unfinished for years, which contributed in many cases to the flood damage we experienced, which could have been contained had there been the funding for full completion. Today I am happy that we could achieve the inclusion of full funding for critical projects in this multi-billion dollar investment. Our goal is to protect the citizens and make our communities more resilient in the face of natural disasters, and having this initial
"This is not over: getting the Island included in this funding allocation was a key step in enabling the
Under the appropriation for Long Term Construction Projects, out of
"Finally we have achieved the appropriation of
"Rio Grande de Arecibo was another priority for which we achieved an allocation of
Inder the heading of Long Term Projects Investigations, there were allocated 112 millones nationwide for risk and viability studies, of which
Generally nationwide there were also
As mentioned this is only part of the various appropriations the Resident Commissioner was able to pass in
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