The San Jacinto River Authority is one step closer to funding its projects after the entity announced Sept. 23 that the Texas Water Development Board ranked four of its five proposed flood infrastructure projects as priorities for the 2020 Flood Infrastructure Fund cycle.
The FIF program was passed by the Texas Legislature and provides financial assistance in the form of loans and grants for flood control, flood mitigation and drainage projects.
With this selection, SJRA is now invited to submit full applications for the four projects to the TWDB for grant approval, according to the SJRA news release. TWDB is expected to review the full applications and make final selections for grant and loan funding later this year.
“The next step is to find local partners who, along with SJRA, will commit to the local-match funding and in-kind services," said Chuck Gilman, SJRA director of water resources and flood management, in the news release. "These large-scale, impactful projects come with a very high price tag. It will take a regional approach with various funding commitments to see these projects through to completion.”
