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Texas Water Development Board approves $4,100,000 to the City of Sugar Land (Fort Bend County) for a drainage improvement project

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AUSTIN – (January 19, 2023) – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $4,100,000 to the City of Sugar Land (Fort Bend County) from the Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF). The City will use the assistance for the planning, design, and construction of a drainage improvement project.

With the financial assistance approved today, the City will install approximately 2,600 linear feet of storm sewer improvements to increase stormwater conveyance and decrease ponding depth and duration in the Covington West and Imperial Woods neighborhoods. The project includes the replacement of inlets and outfall structures along the installation corridor.

The approved project is eligible for FIF funding under category 2 of the 2020 Flood Intended Use Plan. This category was designated for planning, acquisition, design, and construction activities to implement flood mitigation projects.

Passed by the 86th Texas Legislature and approved by voters through a constitutional amendment in 2019, FIF was created to provide funding for drainage, flood mitigation, and flood control projects.

The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional water and flood planning, and preparing the state water and flood plans. The TWDB administers cost-effective financial assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.