Casino money going to variety of projects

Published 2:15 am PDT

The United Auburn Indian Community is awarding more than $325,000 to cities and Placer County to mitigate impacts of the Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln.

The grants are going to public agencies to fight crime, control traffic, reduce air pollution, buy new equipment and repair roads.

The grants include:

• $90,000 to the Roseville -Police Department for evening traffic and drunken-driving -enforcement
• $65,000 to the county Public Works Department for the Fiddyment Road asphalt concrete overlay project
• $50,000 to Placer's air pollution control district for motor -vehicle emission reductions.
• $40,000 to Lincoln for the proposed Twelve Bridges overcrossing and interchange expansion at Highway 65.
• $30,666 to the District Attorney's Office for criminal prosecutions.
• $27,915 to the county's sexual assault response team for -forensic and medical-examination equipment.
• $22,205 to the Lincoln Police Department for its Police Activities  League.

The funds are prescribed by a state law intended to help mitigate impacts caused by a tribal gaming casino on local jurisdictions.