Valadao secures $55 million for 15 community project funding requests
Rep. David Valadao (R–Hanford) has secured $55 million in direct funding for community improvement projects. Fifteen projects throughout Congressional District 22 will receive federal grants, per Valadao’s request. The big picture: The largest project on the list is $9 million to construct a new homeless shelter campus in Bakersfield. … Delano’s Well 42 project will receive $6 million to fund the creation of a new city well and treatment plant to provide clean and contaminant free water. … Here’s a look at the rest of the projects that Valadao secured funding for: … $1.75 million for the city of Lindsay to replace an old main pipeline to improve water quality. $3.25 million for the Arvin-Edison groundwater recharge project to reduce landowner’s groundwater pumping and provide in-lieu groundwater recharge.
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