Kaptur announces $5M hurricane relief funding for Cleveland
February 17, 2015
Funds repair of Lake Erie infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy
CLEVELAND, OH—Representative Marcy Kaptur today announced the award of $5,233,303.29 to the City of Cleveland by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding will be used to repair stone revetment along the shoreline of Lake Erie that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The revetment protects an airport runway at Burke Lakefront Airport.
“Hurricane Sandy damaged buildings and infrastructure throughout our region including critical barriers on the coast of Lake Erie, some of which remain in need of repair,” said Kaptur. “This funding will go a long way to ensuring uninterrupted services at the Burke Lakefront Airport, maintaining an important link for tourism and commerce in our region. I applaud FEMA for recognizing the importance of this infrastructure to the entire Cleveland area.”
This award provides funding for repair of twenty (20) sections of a three thousand three hundred (3300) foot stone revetment along the shoreline of Lake Erie. This funding is authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.
Contact: Matt Sonneborn, (202) 225-4146 or Matt.Sonneborn@mail.house.gov
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