The $48 million bond proposal they are seeking is part of a decades-long project to solve flooding in the city.
ROB TOWN, Texas — For the past three years, Adam Fanney’s business, Happy Donuts, has had a front-row seat to the flooding of Avenue J, sometimes over the sidewalk.
“Maybe what I’m saying is it was a BMW that got stuck in the middle of the road and the police had to leave the car there and pick him up,” Fanny said.
Fanny said Robstown High School has had to delay classes on several occasions due to flooding. The end result is driving customers away from your storefront.
“We’ve had to close sometimes. If it’s really bad, we’ll close for a couple of days like we used to. If they do come, they usually come from the back streets,” Fanny said. I did.
Nueces County Drainage District 2 Commissioner Jesse Rojas said the $48 million bond proposal they are seeking is part of a decades-long project to solve flooding in the city.
However, a bond proposal is required to receive state and federal funding.
“The reason we raise bond money is because we need those money to meet grant applications when the state requests us or shows us our share.” said Rojas.
If passed, Rojas said the large sum of money would be split over time to fund projects that would help rehabilitate areas of Bluebonnet, Casablanca and the intersection of Avenue J and Banquet Street where Fannie works. I explained that it would be.
“The city’s tax increases are completely different. We don’t increase taxes until we actually take the money out of the bond,” Fanney said. “So instead of being taxed on the $47 million, we’re being taxed when we take out the money we need for the project that’s given to us by the state.”
Mr Fanny said he was in favor of the proposal if it would ultimately stop flooding in the area.
Rojas said working on fundraising now will allow planning for these projects to begin sooner rather than later.
“I think it’s also important to know that we’re not doing this to bring industry to the area,” Rojas said. “We always do this to improve the quality of life for our residents who have flooding issues. First and foremost are the people in our community.”
