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Waste Management Authority outlines $3.3 billion FEMA plan to replace territory sewer system; pumps and RFPs moving forward
Summary
Interim Executive Director Daryl Griffith told the Senate committee that FEMA has obligated more than $3.2 billion for sewer system replacement across the U.S. Virgin Islands and that the authority is already purchasing pumps, issuing RFPs and coordinating design-build bundles with the Office of Disaster Recovery.
The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority said FEMA has obligated more than $3.2 billion to replace and repair the territory's aging wastewater system, and the authority has begun purchasing pumps and advertising procurement bundles to start work.
Interim Executive Director and CFO Daryl Griffith told the Senate Committee on Housing, Transportation and Telecommunications on Feb. 19 that FEMA obligated PW 1404 for Saint Croix with a net cost of $1,009,946,362.43 (federal share 98%), PW100216 for Saint Thomas/St. John with a net cost of $2,188,655,954.66 (federal share 98%), and PW100219 for St. John with a net cost of $83,589,179 (federal share 98%). Griffith said the territory's required local match for these obligations is 2 percent and that the authority is coordinating with the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR) and other agencies on matching resources.
Why it matters: The authority and federal partners call the program a "prudent replacement" because FEMA concluded after post-hurricane assessments that piecemeal repairs would not stabilize the entire system. Commissioners and senators said replacing pump stations,…
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