About $100 million in federal money for the $34 billion Coastal Texas Project, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expected this spring, might not arrive this year because the House Appropriations Committee didn’t allocate it, touting the decision as part of cuts to wasteful spending.

The multi-billion dollar undertaking actually is a series of projects including construction of locks and gates that will help prevent storm-driven flooding for millions of people who live on Galveston Island and along the Houston Ship Channel.

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[–] reddig33 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Link to story broken for anyone else?

[–] Tenthrow 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't work for me either.

[–] LilBiFurious 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Apologies. I'm not sure why the archived link isn't working, but here is the original:

https://www.galvnews.com/news/ike-dike-funding-rejected-in-wasteful-spending-cut/article_fb07a0b1-d98c-56ee-be4a-8ac4bb71e74e.html

[–] Tenthrow 3 points 2 years ago

I think you can edit the link if you want. (not 100% sure) but I know Lemmy lets you edit the title.