[StBernard] FEMA putting another $13.8 million into fixing St. Bernard Parish roadways

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Wed Jul 15 19:16:31 EDT 2009


FEMA putting another $13.8 million into fixing St. Bernard Parish roadways
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday July 15, 2009, 2:40 PM
FEMA is sending another $13.8 million to St. Bernard Parish to help restore
roadways battered by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The additional outlay of money comes after representatives of the federal
agency, the parish, the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Governor's
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness jointly assessed
several hundred miles of roadways throughout the parish to account for all
Katrina-related damages.

"St. Bernard residents should be pleased to hear that this additional money,
$13.8 million, will literally 'hit the streets' in their communities, making
commutes to and from the places they work and play easier to travel," FEMA's
Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office Acting Director Tony Russell said in
a news release.

The additional funding brings FEMA's total obligation to date for the
parish's roadway restoration project to $39.5 million, FEMA said in a news
release.

"Fully assessing the damage to the roads was an important first step, and
with the added FEMA dollars the real restoration can begin," said Paul
Rainwater, executive director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
"Residents will enjoy not only smoother roads, but more importantly safer
ones."

St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro Jr. said he is grateful for
the much-needed increase in FEMA funding to repair the roads.

"These repairs are a crucial and important step forward in the progress and
growth of St. Bernard," Taffaro said in the news release.




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