Feedback Wanted on $1.2B Flood Grant
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LAFAYETTE, LA — Over a billion dollars to prevent future flooding disasters is one step closer to being used.
Lafayette Parish and its unincorporated areas estimate over $750M of total losses in its last major flood event. Since it’s one of the 10 parishes most affected in recent years, it could also benefit the most from this grant.
"It’s more than just building projects but that’s an important part of it", said Pat Forbes, executive director of the Louisiana Office of Public Development.
$1.2B is a lot to spend on fighting future flood disasters, but the Louisiana Watershed Initiative (LWI) hopes to use it in a non-traditional way.
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Louisiana's Watershed Initiative is gathering public input to spend a $1.2 billion grant to mitigate flooding problems across the state.
The initiative and the state's Office of Community Development are planning to release a proposed action plan to spend the money, which is coming from a federal disaster mitigation...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On Friday, Aug. 23, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released regulatory guidance for how Louisiana can use its share of $6.8 billion in flood mitigation funds.
Louisiana has been allocated $1.2 billion.
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