Project Name: Pineland Commercial Driving Academy
Requested Amount: $1,324,877.63
Intended recipient: City of Pineland
Address of Recipient: PO Box 6, Pineland, TX 75968
Project Description: The funding would be used to construct a commercial driver training location that will be used to provide training for students and assist with employment opportunities.
Pineland Disclosure
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Project Name: Shelby County Interoperable Communications Infrastructure Equipment
Requested amount: $3,100,000
Intended recipient: Shelby County, Texas
Address of recipient: 200 San Augustine Street, Box 6, Center, Texas 75935
Project description: This project will provide for new interoperable radio infrastructure in Shelby County, Texas which will connect to the TxWARN network. TxWARN currently serves over 260 public safety agencies including military, federal, state, and local authorities. Shelby County will work with local partners to place new 700-800 MHz interoperable radio transmitting equipment on existing towers in Shelby County.
Shelby County Disclosure
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Project Name: City of Carthage Critical Ladder Truck
Requested Amount: $795,000
Intended recipient: City of Carthage
Address of Recipient: 812 W. Panola Street, Carthage, Texas
Project Description: This project would be used to acquire a new ladder truck to replace their current 30-year old truck.
Carthage Disclosure
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Project Name: Gladewater High Hazard Dam
Requested Amount: $1,800,000
Address of Recipient: City of Gladewater, 519 E Broadway Ave, Gladewater TX, 75647
Project Description: The City of Gladewater has a dam that is in critical need of repair. If the dam were to break, the city would be flooded, and the local high school would incur serious damage. This project will repair the erosion, cracks, and seepage of the dam and restore it to a high quality. The project will also widen the dam so that it will be more sustainable for the future.
Gladewater Disclosure
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Project Name: Riverbend Water Resources District Water Transmission Lines
Requested Amount: $10,000,000
Intended recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District
Address of Recipient: 819 N Taylor Street Suite 3A28, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Project Description: Riverbend Water Resource District (RWRD) is currently developing a regional water treatment facility to provide wholesale treated water to 12 of its members in Bowie and Red River County. This project would include a new intake structure, raw water pump station, raw water transmission line, a new 30 million-gallons-per-day (MGD) water treatment plant, and a treated water transmission line. RWRD is requesting funds to help with the construction of the water transmission lines part of the overall project.
Riverbend Water Resources District
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Project Name: Wright Patman Dam and Lake, TX Reallocation Study
Requested Amount: $500,000
Intended recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District
Address of Recipient: 819 N Taylor Street Suite 3A28, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Project Description: This request is to initiate a reallocation study under the authority of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (section 301 of P.L. 85-500) to determine the feasibility of reallocating flood storage to water supply to provide the Riverbend Water Resources District (RWRD) and the city of Texarkana, TX the ability to store its new water right, an additional 175,000 acre-feet of yield, that is currently being reviewed by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality. The study will investigate the potential to create a constant conservation pool at or near elevation 229.5 feet.
Wright Patman Dam and Lake Disclosure
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Project Name: Taxiway-taxilane Construction Rehabilitation
Requested Amount: $11,000,000
Intended recipient: Texarkana Regional Airport
Address of Recipient: 201 Airport Drive, Texarkana, Arkansas 71854
Project Description: The project would include widening and converting the runway into a taxiway and taxilane. The taxilane would allow access to a portion of the airport property that would allow for hangar development. The taxiway widening would be necessary to allow larger aircraft to safely turn off the runway and taxi to the respective taxilane or hangar. This project would improve the primary taxiway at Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK) to allow for larger/heavier aircraft to operate at the airport and support economic development of the local community and the region. Additionally, the runway and taxiway improvements would make it possible for TXK to attract air cargo activities and additional Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul (MRO) businesses, bringing more economic development opportunities to the community and state.
Taxiway-taxilane Construction Disclosure
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Project Name: Marshal Relief Route
Requested Amount: $4,500,000
Intended recipient: Harrison County
Address of Recipient: 1 Peter Whetsone Square #314, Marshall, TX 75670
Project Description: The project involves constructing a new roadway on the east side of Marshall, Texas connecting to Loop 390 at U.S. 80 and terminating at I-20. The roadway will be designed to meet interstate standards and is expected to be designated as I-369 in the future. This project entails the construction of a new location roadway along the east side of Marshall, Texas, strategically linking Loop 390 at U.S. 80 and extending to Interstate 20.
Marshal Relief Route Disclosure
