FEMA Awards City of Fellsmere More than $1.2 Million for Hurricane Irma Road Repairs

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470
Release Date:
July 1, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has approved $1,225,598­ for the State of Florida to help the City of Fellsmere replace dirt roads washed out by Hurricane Irma with a road surface designed to better withstand future storms and save repair costs.

More than 13 miles of dirt roads were severely eroded from high-velocity winds, heavy rain and flooding associated with Hurricane Irma in September 2017. A FEMA Public Assistance grant will help defray the cost of hardening the subgrade, replacing the existing dirt surface with coquina, a soft limestone of broken shells, and installing natural Bahia sod to strengthen embankments and prevent erosion.

FEMA’s Public Assistance program provides grants to state, tribal, and local governments, and certain types of private nonprofit organizations, including some houses of worship, so that communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies. The Florida Division of Emergency Management works with FEMA during all phases of the PA program and conducts final reviews of FEMA-approved projects.

The federal share for Public Assistance projects is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The state determines how the non-federal share of the cost of a project (up to 25 percent) is split with the sub-recipients like local and county governments. 

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