From The Mount Airy News:
One area is just across the line in Wilkes County, noted Harris. But that affects the Elkin watershed where the town get its raw drinking water, so it is important to Surry to get the work done.
Members of the N.C. General Assembly that represent Surry — Deanna Ballard, Rep. Phil Berger and Rep. Sarah Stevens — were instrumental in making sure that Surry got some of the funds, too, rather than all the relief going to the coast, Harris noted.