Sunday, June 06, 2010
Floyd County Projects In New Budget
KENTUCKY....
The General Assembly finalized a two-year budget and road plan over the weekend that will see Floyd County receive $66 million in funding for various projects. Most of the money, $62.6 million, will be used for road projects such as the continued efforts on the Minnie-Harold connector, which will alone make up $40 million of that amount, said House Speaker Greg Stumbo who has been part of that project since its beginning several years ago. Some $3.21 million of the funding will be used for a variety of coal-severance tax projects and yet remaining amounts will be used on projects in the southern end of the county. Included was more than $40 million for the Minnie-Harold connector and helped Wheelwright with its gym and swimming pool. funding will also go to scholarships to the Highlands Center for Autism to help families cover tuittion costs. More charity golf touraments are also in the works for the center, Stumbo said, in order to bring the total of school or personal donations to $100,000 a year.
The General Assembly finalized a two-year budget and road plan over the weekend that will see Floyd County receive $66 million in funding for various projects. Most of the money, $62.6 million, will be used for road projects such as the continued efforts on the Minnie-Harold connector, which will alone make up $40 million of that amount, said House Speaker Greg Stumbo who has been part of that project since its beginning several years ago. Some $3.21 million of the funding will be used for a variety of coal-severance tax projects and yet remaining amounts will be used on projects in the southern end of the county. Included was more than $40 million for the Minnie-Harold connector and helped Wheelwright with its gym and swimming pool. funding will also go to scholarships to the Highlands Center for Autism to help families cover tuittion costs. More charity golf touraments are also in the works for the center, Stumbo said, in order to bring the total of school or personal donations to $100,000 a year.
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