DENVER—The state has awarded $23 million in grants for construction and other projects to communities across Colorado.
Funding for the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Grants comes from severance tax and federal mineral lease revenues.
The Department of Local Affairs awarded the money Friday for 47 projects from 55 applications seeking nearly $49 million. The grants will allow communities to leverage more than $195 million in public-private and local matching funds, which will finance $218.5 million in construction work.
The Department of Local Affairs says the money goes to communities affected by energy and mineral development. DOLA Executive Director Susan Kirkpatrick says projects involving such basic needs as water, sewer, drainage and roads were given priority.
