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Update: FEMA Awards St. Cloud $2.4 Million for Bat Cave Project
ST. CLOUD -- An update to a story we first told you about back in May, the federal government has awarded the city of St. Cloud nearly $2.4 million toward a ravine stabilization project.
The project involves the installation of a new storm sewer to reroute the current sewer built in the 1920s. The rerouting will establish a new water outlet to the Mississippi River preventing excessive stormwater runoff from flowing into the ravine.
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As part of the project in the Highbanks neighborhood, it is hoped the current ravine will once again be a haven for bats. Several decades ago bats were common in the cave, but flooding in recent years had made them scarce.
The FEMA money will pay 75 percent of the $3.1 million cost. The remaining 25 percent will be provided by the city. The city has also secured an $800,000 state grant.
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