ODESSA GROUND WATER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (OGWRP) UPDATE ON FY24 AND 25 FUNDING REQUESTS

Congress has completed the FY24 appropriations process, which includes community funding requests submitted by Grant and Adams Counties to replace bridges that are hindering OGWRP water deliveries.  Following canal widening to increase delivery capacity to serve deep well irrigators, several bridges crossing the canal are creating bottlenecks where the canal cannot be widened until the bridges are removed or replaced. FY 24 appropriations funded replacement of the Road W bridge in Grant county for $3,888,000, thanks to Senator Murray; $3,978,000 was included for the Adams County Booker Road bridge replacement thanks to Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers; and $1,700,000 will go toward engineering and design of five other bridges in Adams County thanks to Senators Murray and Cantwell. Funding requests for FY 25 are underway and include $4,066,878 for Rd 11 Bridge in Grant County.