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State proposes using impact reserve to fund Northeast Kingdom repairs after FEMA denial, chief recovery officer says
Summary
Douglas Farnum, the state’s chief recovery officer, told the House Appropriations Committee the administration proposes transferring money from a state federal-impact reserve into AOT’s town-highway non-federal disaster fund to reimburse towns such as Sutton for bridge and culvert repairs after FEMA declined a disaster declaration.
Douglas Farnum, the state’s chief recovery officer, told the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the administration proposes tapping a broad "federal impact reserve" to help Northeast Kingdom towns that did not receive FEMA disaster assistance.
Farnum said the funding would be transferred to the Agency of Transportation’s town-highway non-federal disaster fund and distributed as fixed awards tied to estimated state repair costs. "The administration is proposing to transfer the funds for this proposal from that impact reserve to AOT's town highway non-federal disaster fund," he said.
Why it matters: Calonia County’s damage from last summer’s storm, concentrated in towns including Sutton, Sheffield, Newark and Burke, is…
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