The Pflugerville City Council approved a $146 million contract to expand the city’s surface water treatment plant with construction set to begin in 2023 and an estimated completion in 2026. The plant upgrade will increase water capacity and address damage caused by invasive hydrilla and zebra mussel infestations in Lake Pflugerville. The expanded water capacity […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration has chosen 41 port projects to share a record $703 million in the latest round of its Port Infrastructure Development grants program. The funds are spread among 22 states and American Samoa. More than 60 percent of the grants announced will go to ports in historically disadvantaged […]
The city of Austin Corridor Program Office (CPO) provided an update and memo to Austin City Council October 4 on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 status of the 2016 Bond-funded Corridor Construction Program (CCP) designed to enhance safety, connectivity and mobility on nine key Austin corridors. Key updates in the memo include: Thirteen large corridor […]
The Bexar County Hospital District, known as University Health, has plans to build two medical office facilities at two separate site locations. The development of one of the new facilities will be approximately 60,000 square feet and located on the campus of the yet to be developed Vida site at the southeast corner of S. […]
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) approved its final method of distribution during an August 16 board of directors meeting for $488 million in federal funding for storm resiliency improvement projects across the 13 counties it serves. H-GAC also approved a plan that sends over $10.7 million in reallocated funds to the city of Houston. The […]
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) told Cibolo councilmembers that the department plans to sign a construction contract in summer 2021 for the initial phase of the $12.5 billion Interstate 35 Northeast Expansion (NEX) project in Bexar and Guadalupe counties. The I-35 Northeast Expansion project involves the construction of two non-toll 15-mile long bridges (elevated […]
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is seeking a firm to develop a $75 million river basin flood planning study. Study objectives are to evaluate mitigation and abatement strategies to reduce disaster impacts and increase community resiliency based on Texas’ major river basins. The studies will consider the impact on flood control of structural and […]
Cities and counties have the task of preparing and adopting a budget within their fiscal year time frame. Sometimes even a two-year budget cycle may be employed. Although not part of an annual or biennial budget, it is a good idea to develop a five-year plan for long-term capital purchases and projects. A budget is a useful tool that shows how much money […]
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