A Texas county has received a one-year extension to keep using federal Hurricane Harvey recovery money for delayed flood bond projects.
The extension could prevent hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from slipping away, even as state and county officials continue to disagree over what caused the project delays.
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Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced in late September that her efforts had helped to secure Harris County a final one-year extension to use federal funding for county flood projects.
The federal money is set to support projects connected to the voter-approved 2018 $2.5 billion flood bond, according to Houston Public Media, with the funds coming through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…