FEMA Related Progress In New Orleans
The Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) will pay to demolish the remaining eligible structures in New Orleans after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ( USACE ) mission assignment ended more than two months ago.
The FEMA funds will pay a contractor to work with the City of New Orleans Legal Housing Unit to supervise and document the demolition and debris disposal of the remaining eligible structures. The contract should be awarded sometime this month. FEMA had paid USACE under mission assignment to perform this function prior to Aug. 29, 2007.
Approximately 1,800 homes remain to be demolished, creating around 630,000 cubic yards of debris. Demolitions should be completed by Feb. 29, 2008. Under mission assignment, USACE had supervised the demolition of 4,248 homes, totaling 1.5 million cubic yards of debris.
“This recent funding shows FEMA’s commitment to New Orleans and the region since these damaged homes remain a threat to public safety and have to be removed for this city to recover fully,” Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office Director Jim Stark.
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