By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer
Good news for your undercarriage – Mayor Mitch Landrieu has secured more FEMA money for street repairs in Broadmoor, the Lakeview area and St. Claude. The combined total of $52 million divided between the neighborhoods came as a result of Landrieu-initiated damage assessments done on neighborhood streets.
The cash infusion brings the total of new FEMA dollars secured for neighborhood street repairs since Landrieu took office to $97 million. In
Scenes like this likely will be fewer and farther between after the city spends another $52 million in FEMA money on street repairs. Photo by Ariella Cohen
August, FEMA awarded $45 million for repairs in the Lower 9th Ward. As The Lens first reported in August, Landrieu hopes to eventually reassess all flood-damaged neighborhoods, and net FEMA dollars for repairs citywide.
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