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WASHINGTON D.C. – Fourth District Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark) announced
Wednesday that the FY 2004 Energy & Water Appropriations Conference
Report contains $35,542,000 for energy and water projects in Arkansas’s
Fourth Congressional District.
“I am pleased to have secured more than $35 million for our district’s
energy and water needs,” Ross said. “This crucial funding will create
economic opportunities through studies, construction, and other improvements
to our waterways. Water resources are the key to the longevity of
the region as cities, industries, farmers, recreational users, navigation
interest, and fish and wildlife all benefit from these resources.
These projects are essential to maintaining or even improving our way of
life, and preserving it for future generations of Arkansans.”
The Report includes funding for the following Fourth District projects:
· Montgomery Point Lock and Dam – $23.5 million
· Ouachita and Black Rivers Lock and Dam -- $10.221 million.
· Arkansas River Navigation Study -- $1.2 million
· Arkansas River Levees - $200,000
· Lake Ouachita - $150,000
· Red River Navigation -- $150,000
· City of Hot Springs (for completion of flood damage study)
-- $31,000
The Senate and the House have passed the bill, and it on its way to
the President for signature.
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