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Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/23/2017 - 10:59

 

FEMA approves 

all Crawford County 

storm damage projects

By Ted Pennekamp

 

Crawford County Emergency Management Director Jim Hackett is quite pleased to report that every project that the county asked for regarding damage costs due to the severe storm of July 19 was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during FEMA’s meeting with the county on Aug. 16.

Hackett said that the meeting at the Highway Department Building near Seneca went very well, and the county’s total of $353,476 in public infrastructure damage was all approved.

The totals for Crawford County and all of the 12 Wisconsin counties affected by the storm will be sent to the president and are awaiting his approval in the form of what is known as a “FEMA declaration,” said Hackett, who noted that such declarations usually don’t take very long. Once that declaration is given, the counties will know that they will be getting FEMA funding to help pay for the damages to roads, bridges, public buildings, parks and other public infrastructure.

“We are the only county that had no project denied,” said Hackett. “The price we quoted was approved. Highway Commissioner Dennis Pelock, County Board President Tom Cornford, county officials, township chairs and officials from all municipalities were very accurate on their damage estimates and were very efficient and on time.”

If the president gives a FEMA declaration, FEMA will pay for 75 percent of the cost of damage to public infrastructure. The county will pay for 12.5 percent and the townships, villages and cities combined will pay 12.5 percent.

Original assessments indicated that there was approximately $16.3 million in total damages to public infrastructure in 12 southwest and west central Wisconsin counties, UW–La Crosse, Kickapoo Valley Reserve and the Department of Natural Resources because of the severe thunderstorm on July 19. The total approved damage costs will be down slightly from the original assessment because some projects in 11 of the affected counties were not approved by FEMA.

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