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Bridgeport council votes to request state help persuading FEMA to resume reviews of HMGP use-mod applications
Summary
The council approved sending a letter to Governor Shapiro and state senators asking them to press FEMA to resume reviewing Hazard Mitigation Grant Program use-modification applications so the borough can develop grant-funded projects including the Front Street Pocket Park.
Bridgeport Borough Council voted April 14 to send a letter to Governor Josh Shapiro and state senators asking for help getting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to resume reviewing FEMA use-modification applications tied to Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) parcels.
Keith, a borough staff member who briefed council, told members that after the flooding tied to Hurricane Ida the borough was awarded multiple HMGP grants to acquire…
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