Request for approval of an agreement with the Texas General Land Office for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in the amount of $322,033,863 for flood mitigation infrastructure. | Community Exchange
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Request for approval of an agreement with the Texas General Land Office for Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in the amount of $322,033,863 for flood mitigation infrastructure.
Harris County approved a $322M federal grant agreement with the Texas GLO for flood mitigation infrastructure.
Harris County Commissioners Court approved an agreement with the Texas General Land Office for over $322 million in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. The money will go toward flood mitigation infrastructure. The contract was introduced October 19, 2023 and passed October 31, 2023.
This agreement brings over $322 million in federal disaster recovery funds to Harris County for flood mitigation infrastructure, which could affect drainage and flood protection in local neighborhoods.