The city received a $10.4 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the design and construction of a floodwall around its wastewater treatment plant, Mayor Dorinda Borer recently announced. “When the plant, located on the ocean, gets flooded it compromises the system, the infrastructure breaks down and it’s costing us millions of dollars to repair and we’re millions of dollars behind on repairs,” Borer said. Thursday’s announcement came less than a week after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memorandum canceling the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program that initially allocated $47.5 million in additional funding for a coastline resiliency program in Bridgeport. The city had been ravaged by Superstorm Sandy and sought infrastructure upgrades. FEMA said in a statement that the BRIC program was “more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.” West Haven’s funding is through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program, the city said.
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