Whiteville awaiting funding clarity after FEMA lawsuit ruling
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY-TV) – North Carolina won a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week.
A federal judge has ordered FEMA to reinstate its BRIC disaster mitigation program. After FEMA canceled the program in July, it pulled back $200 million in grants that would have support 60 infrastructure projects statewide.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined several other attorneys general in the lawsuit. One of the project was a more than $3 million drainage and bridge project in Whiteville, a city still dealing with repeated flooding.
City manager, Darren Currie said its unknown whether Whiteville will still receive funding for the project.
“Soon after first of the year we’ll get word from FEMA or North Carolina Emergency Management on what’s going to happen now that the judge has made this ruling and if there’s going to be an appeal,” Currie said.
The town of Leland was also selected to receive $1.1 million to relocated the town’s sewer system away from Sturgeon Creek which often floods from storms and natural disasters.
