U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, DC (July 21, 2021) – U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced $2 million to improve clean water and wastewater systems in Southern and Eastern Kentucky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded federal funding for three infrastructure projects, including $1,075,000 for the City of Hazard's Buckhorn Dam Tailwater Channel Raw Water Intake Structure; $467,500 for the Troublesome Creek Environmental Authority's Highway 80 Sewer Collection Project - Phase III, impacting Knott and Perry Counties; and $457,500 for Elkhorn City's Stillhouse Water Storage Tank Project in Pike County.