Hurricane Rebuilding Money Slow to Flow After Katrina: ; Less Than 10 Percent of Federal Aid has Gone to Permanent Public Repairs
Charleston Daily Mail › March 27, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS - Of the $151 million in federal rebuilding aid the city received in the first 18 months following Hurricane Katrina, less than 10 percent went into permanent public repairs and reconstruction.
The rest - about $137.7 million - went for such things as debris removal, temporary roofs for storm-battered buildings, and overtime and other expenses of the emergency response, city finance officials say. None of it comes close to the $1 billion or more the city says it will take just to restore what Katrina ruined.See the full content of this document
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Hurricane Rebuilding Money Slow to Flow After Katrina: ; Less Than 10 Percent of Federal Aid has Gone to Permanent Public Repairs
Blame higher-up bureaucracy, the city says.
"It's cash flow," said Cynthia Sylvain-Lear, the city's deputy chief administrative officer.Virtually no one disput...See the full content of this document
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