Supervisors approve ARPA funding for De Portola detention basin
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the use of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding for the De Portola Road Detention Basin Project.The supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday, April 4, to approve up to $1,807,000 in APRA funding for the project and to authorize the county’s Transportation and Land Management Agency to proceed with the project. The De Portola stormwater detention basin project will construct a hybrid concrete-lined and earthen channel along De Portola Road in the Temecula Valley Wine Country area.The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 included $350 billion of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds allocations for eligible state, territorial, tribal and local governments. The funding addresses the public health emergency and economic impacts of t