Two Louisiana agencies will receive a combined $9 million to reimburse expenses incurred protecting residents during Hurricane Isaac, FEMA announced today. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will receive about $7 million in grant funds to help cover the costs of transporting evacuees to shelters, as well as other emergency protective measures taken during the hurricane and its aftermath. The Louisiana National Guard, for its part, will receive about $2 million to reimburse it for overtime costs incurred by personnel carrying out emergency protective measures. The newly awarded funds are a portion of the $195.5 million in total Public Assistance recovery dollars approved for the state since the Aug. 29, 2012, disaster declaration. Also today, FEMA announced Plaquemines Parish will receive a nearly $1.3 million federal grant to reimburse the cost of repairing a roadway damaged by Isaac.
FEMA awards another $10 million to La. for Isaac recovery
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