AUSTIN – On Thursday, May 30, Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., will visit Sugar Land to celebrate over $68 million in mitigation funds approved for federally eligible Regional Mitigation Program projects in Sugar Land and Fort Bend County for evacuation route improvements. Commissioner Buckingham will be taking a helicopter tour of the sites that are being improved.
The media is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to media@glo.texas.gov.
A video of that helicopter tour will be made available.
WHO: Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., Fort Bend County Judge KP George, Sugar Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman, local elected officials and partners
WHAT:Tour projects by helicopter, celebrate more than $68 million in Regional Mitigation Program grants to make the city of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County more resilient against future storms.
Video of the helicopter tour will be made available to the media upon request.
WHEN: Today – 3:00 pm Thursday, May 30
WHERE: Sugar Land Regional Airport, Sheriff’s Hangar
241 Lee Duggan Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77498
