East St. Louis Asked For $2.5 Million To Fix Flood Damages. It May Get Far Less.

[Sherman A1]

East St. Louis has asked the federal government for $2.5 million to repair damage from this spring’s floods, but could wind up getting only a fraction of what it wants.

The city is among two dozen local governments that have applied for $33 million in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Five months after this spring’s historic flooding, they’re beginning to get an idea of how much they will receive as FEMA teams investigate their requests.

East St. Louis has been temporarily approved by FEMA to receive $209,557 — or about 8% of what it wants — to fix its sewer system the city claims was damaged by flooding on the Mississippi River. It could get more once the process is completed.

The Metro East Sanitary District in Madison County applied for $2.79 million but so far has been approved to receive $1.8 million, or $940,000 less than it requested.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/east-st-louis-asked-25-million-fix-flood-damages-it-may-get-far-less

[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. Who needs FEMA assistance to repair flood damage

When you could watch them build a border wall with it instead?

[Midnight Writer]

2. Fixing the sewer system will be far cheaper than fixing damage done by ineffective drainage.