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Bilirakis Secures Another $7.6 Million in Funding for Critical Infrastructure Projects in Tampa Bay

July 13, 2021

Bilirakis Secures Another $7.6 Million in Funding for Critical Infrastructure Projects in Tampa Bay

-Bringing This Year's Total to $31.1 Million-

Washington, D.C.: Each of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees have released a copy of their proposed FY 2022 budgets. The bills, which will be headed to the House Floor later this summer, include a total of ten community project funding requests submitted by Congressman Gus Bilirakis. These projects address substantial unmet needs within District 12, including:

  • The Oldsmar State Street Drainage Ditch ($1.6 million)
  • Rural Northeast Pasco Community Park Site Acquisition ($1.0 million)
  • The Dade City Wastewater Treatment Plant ($1.75 million)
  • The Zephyrhills Lift Station and Force Main Project ($1.5 million)
  • The Pinellas County Tidal Check Valves Project ($240,000)
  • The Pinellas County Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Public Safety System ($1.75 million)
  • The Mental Health Collaborative Project between Premier Community Health Center and Community Health Centers of Pinellas County ($2 million)
  • The AmSkills Workforce Training Innovation Center ($3 million)
  • The U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking Prevention Initiative in Tampa Bay ($750,000)
  • The Pasco-Pinellas Public Defender's Office's INTERCEPT Project ($200,000)

All ten of the community project funding requests submitted by Congressman Gus Bilirakis are funded in the House budgets. Two other Bilirakis-sponsored public safety projects were included in the Transportation Surface Infrastructure Project legislation which passed the House last month. Those two projects are the extension of Ridge Road in Pasco County ($15 million), and the reconstruction of the Dunedin Causeway Bridge in Pinellas County ($5 million). In total, the twelve projects will bring a combined $31.1 million to Tampa Bay, if approved by the Senate. To learn more about these pending projects, click here.

"I will continue to work across the aisle with my colleagues in the House and Senate to advocate for these projects and to ensure my constituents receive their fair share of allocated federal funds," said Congressman Gus Bilirakis.