[StBernard] FEMA sending more money to St. Bernard Parish for Hurricane Katrina recovery

[Westley Annis]

FEMA sending more money to St. Bernard Parish for Hurricane Katrina recovery
Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 2:30 PM     
Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 2:30 PM
 Bob Warren, The Times-Picayune 
 
FEMA this afternoon announced that it is sending an additional $14.4 million
in Hurricane Katrina aid to St. Bernard Parish. 

To date, the Federal Emergcy Management Agency has obligated around $960
million for Katrina recovery projects in St. Bernard Parish, the agency
said.

Of the new money, around $4.8 million will go to the St. Bernard Civic
Center for repair work at the facility, the agency said in a news release.
The civic center reopened after extensive repair work.

Another $8.2 million will go to street and sidewalk repair. The agency said
floodwater that swallowed the parish after the levees failed during the
hurricane, coupled with the heavy equipment used during the demolition and
rebuilding process, caused significant damage to many parish streets and
roadways.

More than $1.4 million will go to the Riverbend oxidation pond for removal
and transport of sewage waste. "Sludge accumulated after the parish pumped
and hauled a high volume of waste to the Riverbend Oxidation Pond when sewer
lift stations suffered Katrina-related damages and reduced their abilities
to contain sewage,'' FEMA said.

"This FEMA funding is the result of us working tirelessly with St. Bernard
Parish and the state to maximize the amount of eligible funding," Andre
Cadogan, Deputy Director of Programs at FEMA's Louisiana Recovery Office,
said in the news release. 


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