[StBernard] Landrieu Announces $127M in Recovery Funds for La.

[Westley Annis]

Landrieu Announces $127M In Recovery Funds For La.

Grants will repair damage caused by 2005 storms.

 

WASHINGTON - United States Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., today announced
that Louisiana will receive more than $127 million in federal funds to
continue repairing damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
These grants will go to St. Bernard Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Cameron
Parish, the city of New Orleans and the city of Westwego to repair schools,
senior housing, law enforcement buildings and other municipal facilities. 

"Nearly three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf
Coast and left much of the New Orleans area underwater, the region is still
a long way from full recovery," Sen. Landrieu said. "These funds bring us
one step closer to restoring schools, homes, and public facilities that were
integral to the fabric of daily life on the Gulf Coast before the storms,
and will help our citizens reclaim what they lost following the hurricanes.

"The costs of rebuilding have been immense, and the recovery is still not
complete. We will continue to preserve and rebuild the Gulf Coast - but that
is no substitute for smart preparation, infrastructure investment and
emergency planning to ensure a disaster of this magnitude never has the
catastrophic impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita."

The grants will go toward the following: 

.         St. Bernard Parish Emergency Protective Measures - $26,686,412.28:
Funds will pay for the emergency services that were provided by Advanced
Cleanup Technologies, Inc. (ACTI) following Hurricane Katrina.

.         St. Bernard Parish School Board- $16,371,703.61: Funds will repair
St. Bernard Middle School which was devastated by severe weather due to
Hurricane Katrina.

.         Plaquemines Medical Center Hospital SVC Dist #1- HR -
$11,465,002.00: Funds will go toward the repair of the Plaquemines Medical
Center.

.         Recovery School District- $11,000,663.00: Funds will help repair
Building B of Abramson Senior High School. 

.         St. Martin Manor Assisted Living Complex - $7,511,553: Funds will
pay to fully restore this three story, 45 apartment senior citizen residence
in New Orleans that sustained substantial damage as a result of Hurricane
Katrina.

.         City of New Orleans - $4,974,579.92: Funds will restore or repair
a total of 109 facilities damaged due to heavy rain and floodwaters.

.         Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office - $4,843,113.24: Funds
will go toward costs associated with the reconstruction of the Orleans
Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office Temporary Intake and Processing Center. 

.         City of Westwego - $3,862,738.37: Funds will go toward the repair
and replacement of both the City Hall and Police Department Buildings of
Westwego.

.         St. Bernard Parish School Board - $3,813,057.00: Funds will go
toward the replacement of the New Classroom Building at Chalmette Middle
School. 

.         Recovery School District - $2,943,375.40: Funds will repair the
Wilson Elementary School Annex Building.

.         St. Bernard Parish- Roads, Driveway Aprons, Sidewalks, Curbs and
Gutters- $2,453,262.80: Funds will go toward repairs to roads damaged by
Hurricane Katrina and subsequent rescue efforts. 

.         City of New Orleans - $1,764,957.36: Funds are to restore the five
story New Orleans Police Department Headquarters.

.         St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Department - $1,388,289.81: Funds will
pay for management and maintenance costs of trailer units that have served
as temporary, interim housing sites for the essential employees of the
Sheriff's Department who were displaced by the Hurricane Katrina.

.         St. Bernard Parish School Board - $1,367,606: Funds will replace
The Maumus Art Center, which was seriously damaged by storm activity and
flooding from levee breeches.

.         Plaquemines Parish - $1,340,778.05: Funds are a continuation of an
existing debris management contract for Plaquemines Parish which was
inundated with debris as a result of storm surge and flooding from Hurricane
Katrina.

.         Plaquemines Parish - $1,337,640.08: Funds will go toward the
replacement of the Diamond Community Center.

.         Recovery School District - $1,288,744.02: Funds will go to
educational institutions ranging from elementary schools through high
schools - 53 buildings in all - to help mitigate the costs of replacing
kitchen contents.

.         City of New Orleans - $1,231,295.00: Funds will continue the
removal of debris from the remaining storm related blocked portion of the
storm water sewer systems. 

.         Recovery School District - $1,145,652: Funds will pay to repair
damage to Terrell (Mary Church) Elementary School.

.         Recovery School District - $1,111,611.00: Funds will replace the
Langston Hughes Elementary School Main Building due to the storm surge and
levee breaches which destroyed the building.

.         Cameron Parish School Board - $1,092,902.16: Funds will replace
the South Cameron Elementary School Building.

.         Plaquemines Parish School Board - $1,039,749.80: Funds will pay
for the replacement of the BVHS Offsite Teacher's Apartments Building B,
which contains 5-unit apartments that sustained flood and wind damage due to
Hurricane Katrina. 

.         Recovery School District - $1,033,911: Funds will restore
Bienville Elementary School.