Rep. Jackie Hayes has announced that Dillon County will be getting $5.2 million for stormwater infrastructure improvements in Dillon County and the City of Dillon.
The South Carolina Office of Resilience’s (SCOR) Disaster Recovery Office (DRO) Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation Steering Committee met on Thursday, January 20, 2022, and approved $5,266,000.00 in mitigation infrastructure grant funding for stormwater infrastructure improvements in Dillon County:
City of Dillon:
• Lucius Rd.—$952,000.00
• Railroad Crossing—$958,000.00
• Dargan St.—$1,936,000.00
Dillon County: $1,420,000.00
Rep. Hayes stated that he was pleased that these funds have been awarded to help address this important issue.
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