Lumberton is one of several communities in the state to receive part of the $282 million in loans and grants created to help pay for drinking water and wastewater projects, according to Gov. Roy Cooper s office.
The city will receive $2,316,900 in principal forgiveness loan funding through the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 to construct three wells outside of the flood plain in the city. The new wells would replace three old ones that are subject to flooding, according to a news release.
Governor Cooper approved the funding Feb. 23 after a State Water Infrastructure Authority meeting. The Authority, an independent nine-member group that awards federal and state funding for water infrastructure projects, also helps the state develop a state water infrastructure plan.
after we last spoke with them, they sent me go tophotos of the home with water approaching the second story. kaylee hartung, thank you. also want to bring in now state senator who you actually put out a call yesterday on social media asking for folks to come out and to help especially in the areas of lumberton and residents responded. yes, we had an issue on i-95 where we had catastrophic flooding in south lumberton, west lumberton. caused loss of life, caused loss of property to hundreds and hundreds of people. and he were with twe were tryine could to prevent that. and we ve been monitoring the