Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 27, 1990 TAG: 9003270264
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER MUNICIPAL WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Olin asked the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee to provide $2.3 million in construction money for the Roanoke project, the same amount that President Bush included in his budget.
The congressman asked for $1.6 million for preconstruction engineering and design for the Buena Vista project, nearly three times the amount that Bush had budgeted, $600,000.
In prepared testimony, Olin said the money is needed for the Roanoke project to keep it on schedule.
"We're just days away from finishing up the local cooperative agreement, the city is moving toward land acquisition and everything is on schedule," Olin said.
Congress approved $200,000 in construction money for the Roanoke project in the current fiscal year.
The initial appropriation was only a fraction of the $20 million of federal money that will be needed for the $34.3 million project. But city officials said earlier the appropriation was significant because Congress has never failed to fund such a project once it has started appropriating construction money.
The city's share of the cost is $14.3 million. City voters approved a $7.5 million bond issue last year to help pay the city's share. The remaining $6.8 million will come from several sources: earlier appropriations, land donations and state recreation funds.
The initial $200,000 appropriation in construction money is expected to be used to help pay for an early flood-warning system.
The city and Army Corps of Engineers hope to receive up to $20 million in federal money for the project in the next three years.
Keywords:
FLOOD CONTROL
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