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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 20, 1991                   TAG: 9103200274
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
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OLIN SEEKS FUNDING FOR BUENA VISTA WORK

Rep. Jim Olin, D-Roanoke, has urged a House subcommittee to approve $1.7 million for the Buena Vista flood-reduction project in the next fiscal year, the same amount President Bush included in the fiscal 1992 budget.

Bush requested money to complete the design and engineering work for the Buena Vista project, which was authorized in the 1990 Water Resources Development Act.

Olin said the legislation also included language that may reduce Buena Vista's share of the cost of the $55 million project. It requires the Army Corps of Engineers to develop funding regulations that are based on local, not statewide, economic data, he said.

"Because Buena Vista is one of Virginia's most economically distressed communities, we believe these new regulations - based on Buena Vista's economic data - will result in a reduced share for the city," he said.

Olin also asked the committee to provide more money for a flood-reduction plan in Roanoke.

- Staff report 


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