There was no economic stimulus grant money announced for Metro Vancouver amid an avalanche of funding unveiled Sept. 24.

But Metro chief administrator Johnny Carline said a second set of funding announcements are expected soon and Metro projects could make the cut then.

Metro is looking for more than $200 million in federal-provincial cash to help build a regional organic waste composting plant, repair leaky Metro-run housing complexes, expand the Annacis Island sewage treatment plant, add ultraviolet disinfection for drinking water at the Coquitlam reservoir and upgrade the Burnaby waste-to-energy incinerator to reduce emissions.

Provincial and federal officials last week announced $719 million in grants for 174 projects across B.C.

Thirty one projects proposed by Metro Vancouver member cities are getting stimulus grants.

The biggest grants handed out in the Lower Mainland included $20 million from the senior governments for Abbotsford Airport upgrades, $20 million for a new library at Surrey's city centre, $16 million to build rapid bus lanes along Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows and $16 million to help build a new waterfront park in New Westminster.