AUSTIN (KXAN) — After devastating flash floods hit Central Texas, some Austin City Council members are urging the federal government to reinstate a grant — previously awarded and then taken away — that would have protected Austin infrastructure from floods.
In Austin, that $50 million federal grant was earmarked for the Fallwell Lane Capital Renewal Project, which would have made the South Austin Regional (SAR) Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Austin Energy Sand Hill Energy Center (SHEC) more resilient to floods.
Both facilities, right next to each other, border the Colorado River, which has flooded in the past…