Colonias that aren't near the border...

Many federal and state programs that were created to address the issues of colonias have requirements that they be anywhere from "within 50 miles from the border" to "in a county whose furthest corner is less than 150 miles from the border". With these requirements, thousands of people in colonias throughtout the state are being forgotten by the agencies created to assist them. Hopefully, these mileage laws may be changing with recent cases brought by the state against developers. However, as this story noted (and this comment in South Texas Chisme: Colonia projects too slow ), projects that are underway in some colonias are for some reason hampered by very long delays.