ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has awarded grants totaling $17,820,727 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for eligible costs of emergency response and repairs to public facilities following Hurricane Irma.
The FEMA Public Assistance grants include:
- City of Orlando: $1,666,031 for removal of more than 48,346 cubic yards of debris from public roads, property and rights-of-way.
- City of Pembroke Pines: $1,037,753 for removal of more than 45,000 cubic yards of debris from public roads, property and rights-of-way.
- Gainesville Regional Utilities: $4,735,870 for replacing 90 utility poles, 82 overhead transformers and 14 pad-mounted transformers.
- Miami-Dade County: $4,014,447 for repairs to the Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant, including installation of a backup generator.
- Miami-Dade County: $3,744,363 for emergency measures taken by the Department of Transit and Public Works to protect life and property, including drawbridge lockdown, pump station preparation, placement of barricades, emergency traffic signal/sign repairs and debris removal.
- Miami-Dade County: $1,495,717 for repairs to the Resources Recovery Facility, including roof, siding, cooling tower, fences, electrical wiring and battery backup.
- Miami-Dade County: $1,126,546 to repair 59 parks damaged by Hurricane Irma.
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 program and conducts final reviews of FEMA-approved projects.
The federal share for projects is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The state determines how the nonfederal share of the cost of a project (up to 25 percent) is split with the subrecipients like local and county governments.