Mayor Sylvester Turner approved the additional $20 million dollars, doubling the amount for the funded projects.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Houstonians will soon see more help pour into their districts in the form of Storm Water Action Team projects.During the June 22 meeting of the Houston City Council, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that he will add an additional $20 million from the fund balance to the SWAT initiative, doubling the amount of funding for projects.
Turner said his decision comes after hearing residents' feedback while working on Houston's fiscal 2022-23 budget. The money will allow council members to do more projects in their respective districts than they had planned, and it will be given in equal distributions to the districts, he said. During the meeting, Martha Castex-Tatum, District K council member and vice mayor pro tem said she is excited about the additional funds.
"I'm excited about this additional funding because I know that this translates to our projects being done quicker, more expeditiously, and citizens seeing that their tax dollars are at work," she said."Their neighborhoods are being protected.", SWAT projects are intended to"reduce localized drainage problems throughout the city" by rehabilitating and upgrading existing drainage systems for day-to-day storm events and expanding maintenance capability.
In the past, some community groups have come forward to ask the city for help with drainage issues in their areas. The
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