(Washington, D.C) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves praised funding designated for Sixth District in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed today by Congress. Graves was able to help secure funding for several local projects.

Among those projects funded.
„« $237,500 for construction of a science research facility at St. Joseph’s Hillyard Vocational-Technical Center.
„« $950,000 for the U.S. Highway 59 and Alabama Street intersection project in St. Joseph.
„« $1.19 million for the emergency services radio system in St. Joseph.
„« $285,000 for the purchase of equipment at Missouri Western’s Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences.
„« $190,000 for William Jewell College for the purchase of life sciences equipment.
„« $200,000 for Synergy Services, a metro-based agency based in Parkville, to provide services to abused and at-risk children as well victims of domestic violence.
„« $381,000 for the construction of a new community hospital in Fairfax.
„« $3,859,000 in funding for the Little Otter Creek Watershed in Caldwell County.
„« $1.117 million for Corps of Engineers upkeep and maintenance at Smithville Lake.
„« $375,000 for the City of Plattsburg to increase the capacity of a regional water transmission line.
„« 380,000 for reStart in Kansas City.  The funds will provide for facility improvements. Secured with Senator Bond and Congressman Cleaver.
„« $100,000 to study floodplain management of Line Creek. Secured with Congressman Cleaver.
„« $285,000 for bus replacement to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Secured with Congressman Cleaver.
„« $406,000 for improvements to the Missouri River Levee System. Secured with Senator Bond.
„« $84,000 for the Missouri River Bed Degradation.  Funds will be used to investigate Missouri River bed degradation from above Kansas City through Jefferson City and recommend economic and environmentally friendly solutions. Secured these funds in conjunction with Senators Bond, Brownback, Roberts, Congressman Cleaver and others.
„« $1.196 Million for the Feasibility Study of a Phase II Levee in Kansas City.  The funds will continue a feasibility study.  Levees currently protect more than $16 billion of commercial and residential infrastructure in Kansas City. Secured these funds in conjunction with Senators Bond, Roberts and Congressmen Cleaver and Moore.

The bill must still be signed by the President, who has indicated that he will approve it.

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