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.
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.