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The Bryan-College Station Eagle: Bryan bridge project on solid ground

Bryan-College Station Eagle
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

By MATTHEW WATKINS

No government official wants to see children walking home from school on a well-traveled, narrow bridge with no sidewalk.

But local leaders have witnessed it and worried for years about the Old Reliance Road bridge that passes over Earl Rudder Freeway in Bryan.

It was such a troubling issue that the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce ranked expanding the bridge as its top transportation priority for about a decade. And on Monday the Texas Department of Transportation finally broke ground on a $4.2 million project to do so.

The new bridge will have four lanes and a sidewalk. It's expected to be completed in the fall.

"It took us perhaps longer than we wanted," said U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, who said he worked for years to secure funding for the project.

Waco Trib: Communities in Schools gets $500,000 grant

Waco Tribune-Herald | By Ken Sury | Friday, September 25, 2009

The Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas program in Waco has been awarded a $500,000 competitive grant from the Department of Justice to provide adult mentoring to at-risk juveniles.
Here’s part of the release from Congressman Chet Edwards’ office announcing the grant:

United States Representative Chet Edwards announced that Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas in Waco has been awarded a $500,000 competitive grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This stimulus grant will allow Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas to provide one-on-one adult mentoring to at risk juveniles ages 10 to 17.

Cleburne Times Review: Alvarado PD receives stimulus funds

Cleburne Times-Review

Special to the Times-Review

The Alvarado Police Department will receive $176,675 in funding from stimulus legislation signed by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17.

The grants will be administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, through the agency’s COPS Hiring Recovery Program.

B-CS Eagle: TEEX awaits word on funds

By ERIKA JARAMILLO
Bryan-College Station Eagle
Monday, June 29, 2009

Officials at a College Station-based training facility that prepares first responders for terrorist attacks are awaiting word on federal funding that would ensure its nationally recognized programs continue.

If a spending bill pending in the U.S. Senate is approved and signed into law, the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center at Texas A&M will receive a $23 million grant for anti-terrorism training.

KWTX TV: Waco Health Center To Receive $1.9 Million In Stimulus Funds

KWTX TV | June 29, 2009

WACO (June 29, 2009)--The Heart of Texas Community Health Center in Waco will receive $1.9 million in federal stimulus funds for facilities improvements and equipment purchases, Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, said Monday.