They face potential legal action now for not paying contractors and many of them do not have the additional funding to make it up. I spoke with one community leader who said The mitigation funding was more than their annual budget and was sorely needed because roads are still not usable after Hurricane Harvey. As I explained, my community is a low income community. There are people who are trying to help, There are people you're trying to help. (02:07–02:17)
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Asserts that mitigation funding exceeded annual budgets and is needed for unusable roads post-Hurricane Harvey.
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