Cox secures funding for Newport Beach...

Cox secures funding for Newport Beach projects

Rep. Chris Cox, who will seek reelection on Tuesday, announced

Friday that 12 separate environmental initiatives that he created

will clean Orange County beaches and waterways in 2003.

Among Cox’s initiatives that will be funded in 2003 to help

Newport-Mesa are $3 million for Lower Back Bay; $972,000 for Upper

Back Bay rehabilitation; $1 million to help build a cover for Big

Canyon Reservoir; and about $1 million toward two San Diego Creek

watershed projects.

“These 12 environmental initiatives reflect an unprecedented

federal commitment to the quality of our drinking water, oceans and

shorelines in Orange County,” Cox said in a press release. “By

redoubling our efforts to prevent ocean contamination, clean up local

urban runoff and ensure ... an environmentally sound water management

policy, we will protect and improve our environmental resources for

decades to come.”