WESLACO – Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Commissioner David L. Fuentes is pleased to announce that Hidalgo County’s application for funding under the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Mitigation 2015 HUD Most Impacted and Distressed program was approved for funding in the amount of $9,858,499.20. This funding will go toward Phase I of the Main Floodwater Channel Expansion Project – a critical drainage infrastructure improvement project that was identified as a main priority to prepare for and mitigate major flood events impacting areas in Hidalgo County. This project was submitted as a competitive grant to GLO last year; the project met the ...