âWeâre putting our money where our mouth isâ: DeSantis vows more than $640 million for coastal resiliency
By FOX 13 News staff
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TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - On Wednesday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed bills establishing immediate and multi-year plans to tackle flooding and coastal resiliency in the state.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1954 at Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill in Tarpon Springs. The bill established the Resilient Florida Grant Program to fund local resiliency projects throughout Florida. The grant program allows the state to partner with local government to address resiliency and protect coastal communities’ infrastructure and residents. We are a very flood-prone and storm-prone state and we wanted to take action to help protect our folks, DeSantis explained.
By Gordon Byrd
May 12, 2021
TARPON SPRINGS Governor DeSantis made an appearance at a Tarpon Springs restaurant today to sign a flood mitigation bill and also had a lot to say about the gas pipeline situation, worker shortages and Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1954, designed to improve flood protection and issues related to sea level rise. It establishes the Resilient Florida Grant Program, in which the Department of Environmental Protection will hand out grants to local communities for flood and sea level mitigation. It also creates the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a pair of bills Wednesday that will annually provide tens of millions of dollars to help combat the effects of rising sea levels across the state.
By Gordon Byrd
May 12, 2021
TARPON SPRINGS Governor DeSantis made an appearance at a Tarpon Springs restaurant today to sign a flood mitigation bill and also had a lot to say about the gas pipeline situation, worker shortages and Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1954, designed to improve flood protection and issues related to sea level rise. It establishes the Resilient Florida Grant Program, in which the Department of Environmental Protection will hand out grants to local communities for flood and sea level mitigation. It also creates the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa.