A bill that included funding for several Norwalk projects passed 243-177 in Congress today.
Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (H.R. 1105), which will head to the Senate, includes "crucial funding for more than a dozen projects critical to the long term economic prosperity of the 38th District," according to the office of district Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, who apparently fought to include the projects in the bill and voted for it.
Projects requested by Rep. Napolitano in H.R. 1105 include:
* Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transit Center Improvements - $475,000;
* City of Norwalk Water Infrastructure Reliability Program - $119,000;
* Norwalk Public Safety Department Computer Aided Dispatching and Records Management System - $170,000
* Norwalk Transit Agency for new Hybrid Buses - $29,000;
* Cerritos College, Norwalk; The Realtime Writers and Captioning Training Project - $95,000
The 38th Congressional District includes Norwalk, Pomona, Santa Fe Springs, the City of Industry, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Avocado Heights, La Puente, Hacienda Heights, West Puente Valley and parts of East Los Angeles, Whittier, Rowland Heights, South San Gabriel, Valinda, and other unincorporated areas.
Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (H.R. 1105), which will head to the Senate, includes "crucial funding for more than a dozen projects critical to the long term economic prosperity of the 38th District," according to the office of district Rep. Grace F. Napolitano, who apparently fought to include the projects in the bill and voted for it.
Projects requested by Rep. Napolitano in H.R. 1105 include:
* Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transit Center Improvements - $475,000;
* City of Norwalk Water Infrastructure Reliability Program - $119,000;
* Norwalk Public Safety Department Computer Aided Dispatching and Records Management System - $170,000
* Norwalk Transit Agency for new Hybrid Buses - $29,000;
* Cerritos College, Norwalk; The Realtime Writers and Captioning Training Project - $95,000
The 38th Congressional District includes Norwalk, Pomona, Santa Fe Springs, the City of Industry, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Avocado Heights, La Puente, Hacienda Heights, West Puente Valley and parts of East Los Angeles, Whittier, Rowland Heights, South San Gabriel, Valinda, and other unincorporated areas.
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