Devine applies for $12.6 M in State financing for Burnt Boot Creek project

By Anton Riecher
By a 3-1 vote the Devine City Council voted to apply for a low-interest state loan to help finance a proposed $12.6 million flood infrastructure project along Burnt Boot Creek.
During a special meeting called Feb. 6 Mayor Butch Cook said the loan application to the Texas Water Development Board represented “an opportunity to offset” a lot of the project’s expense.”
City Administrator David Jordan told the council that the TWDB funding, if granted,…

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