[StBernard] St. Bernard regains $104M from feds

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard regains $104M from feds 
Posted: Monday, May 7, 2007 

Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, said St. Bernard Parish will receive
$104 million in federal disaster aid grants from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.

The grants will reimburse the parish for public utility replacement, housing
demolition, debris removal and rebuilding and repair costs associated with
Hurricane Katrina.

"The projects that these grants will fund represent the wide array of
post-storm recovery needs in St. Bernard Parish due to hurricanes Katrina
and Rita," Melancon said. 

Federal grants for St. Bernard Parish include:

. $67.8 million for demolition and debris removal of 5,399 severely damaged
homes; 

. $9.2 million to reimburse the parish for monitoring demolition and debris
removal of 4,105 homes damaged beyond repair;

. $8.4 million to monitor demolition and debris removal of an additional
5,590 homes damaged beyond repair;

. $7.5 million to repair internal damage to Andrew Jackson High School.

. $5.6 million to repair Trist Middle School; and 

. $5.3 million to extend temporary pumping and sewage hauling while the
parish sewage system is being repaired.