Augusta agencies awarded more than $10 million in grants for recreation, road projects
Augusta agencies will receive more than $10 million in state grants to improve local roads and parks.
The grants, totaling more than $225 million statewide, are intended to fund “improving or maintaining recreational facilities" or “for repair or maintenance due to significantly greater use of public facilities during the pandemic.”
Three of the grants are for Augusta-Richmond County’s government:
$2.2 million for May Park improvements;
$1,766,336 for “improvements to a central connector in the downtown Augusta community”;
$1,669,031.10 to convert Boykin Road Park from athletics to a passive park.
“As Georgia’s second-largest metro area, the greater Augusta area contributes so much to making Georgia a special place as well as keeping its state economy strong," said state Rep. Mark Newton, R-Augusta. "I’m honored to represent this great area, and so pleased to work together with the governor and his team in seeing progress for these valuable projects to further strengthen both our downtown and our parks and recreation areas.”
The Augusta Corps of the Salvation Army also is expected to receive a $2.2 million grant to develop a “community park and recreation area.”
Neighboring counties also received grants.
The McDuffie County Board of Commissioners was awarded $2.2 million for construction of a 3-acre recreational facility next to the Thomson-McDuffie Government Center.
The city of Waynesboro was awarded $2.2 million to fund improvements to Sixth Street Park.
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Augusta groups win $10 million in grants for road, park projects
