FEMA AWARDS VILLAGE OF GOLF NEARLY $1.7 MILLION TO BURY OVERHEAD
POWER LINES
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-awards-village-golf-nearly-17-million-bury-overhead-power-lines]


Release Date: 
Tháng 3 6, 2020 

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Village of Golf will receive nearly $1.7 million
in federal grant money to remove utility poles and bury overhead
electrical lines, reducing the effects of future severe wind events.

FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program has approved $1,681,468 to
help fund the removal of utility poles and the burying of overhead
power lines. Severe wind events can cause poles and/or overhead lines
to fall, damaging property and causing both power outages and a risk
of electric shock. Burying these lines can increase the resilience of
the power grid and reduce impacts to people and property.

Funding for this HMGP project is authorized under Section 404 of the
Robert T. Stafford Act, the 1988 law that governs FEMA’s
disaster-related activities.

FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is an important source of
federal disaster assistance. HMGP funds may become available following
the president’s declaration of a major disaster, and help strengthen
communities by improving buildings, facilities and infrastructure that
people use every day. A 2018 report from the National Institute of
Building Sciences found that one dollar spent on hazard mitigation
will save more than six dollars of recovery and rebuilding costs.

Generally, HMGP may provide a state, tribe or territory with
additional grants up to 15 percent of the total disaster grants
awarded by FEMA for a federally-declared disaster. States such as
Florida that meet higher mitigation planning criteria may qualify for
a higher percentage.

Florida has a FEMA-approved Enhanced Mitigation Plan, making the state
eligible for HMGP funding not to exceed 20 percent of the estimated
total amount of money spent by FEMA on disaster grants in the
Hurricane Irma disaster. From this amount, HMGP reimburses the state
up to 75 percent of eligible costs for mitigation projects. The
remaining amount comes from other sources such as state and local
assets and a combination of cash and in-kind sources.

 

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