South Texas News

$14 Million Secured for South Texas Projects

The Bandera Review Staff

| Published

March 8, 2024

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), voted to pass a package of six fiscal year 2024 Appropriations bills to fund the federal government, including $14,815,036 in Community Project Funding for 15 local projects across Texas’s 28th Congressional District.

“This bipartisan government funding bill, the result of tough negotiations, is a major win for South Texas,” said Dr. Cuellar. “I am extremely pleased to have secured over $14 million for fifteen community projects in Texas’s 28th Congressional District."

The final funding package of the FY 2024 funding bills includes various allocations:

$1,000,000 for Zacate Creek Restoration to the City of Laredo.
$1,000,000 for Zapata County 4-H Rodeo Arena to Zapata County.
$1,000,000 for Jim Hogg County Emergency Response Center to Jim Hogg County.
$1,000,000 for Duval County Community Center Improvements to Duval County.
$500,000 for Atascosa County Emergency Medical Service Center to Atascosa County.
$500,000 for McMullen Fairgrounds Improvement Project to McMullen County.
$963,000 for Texas A&M International University - Laredo College STEM Connector to Texas A&M International University.
$963,000 for Starr County Juvenile Housing and Rehabilitation Center to County of Starr, Texas.
$963,000 for Guadalupe County Law Enforcement agencies to purchase new police cruisers to Guadalupe County, Texas.
$959,757 for San Antonio Water System Generators for Critical Infrastructure to San Antonio Water System.
$1,766,279 for the El Cenizo Street Improvements Project to Webb County, Texas.
$1,400,000 for the Veteran’s Center of Excellence to Laredo College.
$500,000 for State Highway 359 Colonias Street Improvements Project to Webb County, Texas.
$1,000,000 for Infrastructure for Las Americas Logistics and Industrial Park to the City of Roma, Texas.
$1,300,000 for Growing San Antonio Apprenticeships to the City of San Antonio, Texas.