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Touching up bridge grant request

Touching up bridge grant request

April 1, 2011
Barry Porterfield
Pauls Valley Daily Democrat

Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
— A gathering of all the players this week put the finishing touches on a six-figure grant request that if eventually funded would help a Garvin County rural district with a water line project.

Garvin County Rural Water District No. 6 in the eastern part of the county got the official OK to submit the needed paperwork for a Community Development Block Grant request, better known by some as CDBG.

In this case the request is for a $150,000 grant to help the rural district take down a water line attached to a bridge and replace it with a new larger one buried at least 20 feet underneath the riverbed.

According to Tom Whitaker of the rural water district, the long-term benefits is what this project is all about.

“I want to look 20 to 30 years down the road,” Whitaker said about the project... FULL ARTICLE

 

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