Panther Island back in line for federal funding after Betsy Price's White House meeting
FORT WORTH -- “They gave us a strong indication they were willing to work with us on it,” Price said Saturday. “We’ll have to wait and see how the details come together, but this is a foot in the door.”
Fort Worth’s Panther Island, which has received minimal federal dollars for more than a decade, could get a windfall of at least $250 million after Mayor Betsy Price met with senior White House staff.
Price and U.S. Rep. Roger Williams met Tuesday with Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director and acting chief of staff, with the goal of understanding how the project could move up in the Trump Administration’s budget priorities. Though authorized by Congress, the project totaling more than $1.17 billion has been left out of recent White House budgets.
But after meeting with Mulvaney and his team, Price said Saturday she had renewed confidence the Trinity River bypass channel would receive funding again.
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More pork to satisfy GOP Rep. Kay Granger and her son who heads the project, but a billion dollars is chump change with Trump.
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