Funds for Dallas Floodway included in appropriation

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson voted in favor of the Conference Report for H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act.  The legislation appropriates money for energy and water quality needs and invests in new technologies, scientific research and conservation efforts, and the Conference Report appropriates $12.594 million for the Dallas Floodway extension and $1.345 million for improvements to the existing structures.

“This funding will enable the Army Corps of Engineers to build levees, extending the existing flood control infrastructure and protecting 12,500 residential and commercial structures,” Congresswoman Johnson said.  “It will also enable the Corps to study improvements to the existing Dallas floodway system.  Throughout my tenure as a Member of Congress, I have worked to bring money to the Trinity River Project.”

Senate action on the bill could come next week.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.