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Radcliffe flood mitigation project delayed as FEMA grant period lapses; council to consider NFIP-related ordinance amendment
Summary
City engineering consultant said a FEMA-linked hazard mitigation grant tied to a 2018 disaster declaration has lapsed pending FEMA approval to extend the performance period; council received a proposed amendment to the city's flood damage prevention ordinance to meet National Flood Insurance Program updates.
Neil Crawford, the city’s on-call consultant city engineer, told the Radcliffe City Council on Aug. 19 that design work and planned construction for the North Logsdon flood mitigation basins are on hold after the federal grant period tied to a 2018 disaster declaration expired Aug. 5.
Crawford said the project — about $1,800,000 in federal share — was ready to move to construction in September, but the state requested a performance-period extension from FEMA and the community must wait for FEMA approval. “She said it could be two weeks. It could be two months or it could be two years,” Crawford said of the state grant manager’s estimate.
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