New York Awards Almost $1 Million in Lake Ontario Flood Relief Funding
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the towns of Greece and Parma in Monroe County received more than $942,000 to restore and rebuild following last year’s Lake Ontario flooding. The funding is being used to reimburse for emergency costs as well as rebuild and fortify the infrastructure to protect communities from future damage. New York has committed $55 million to recovery efforts to support homeowners, small businesses, and community infrastructure.
“Last year these Monroe County communities experienced severe flooding along the shores of Lake Ontario, and we continue to stand with members of our New York family who are still recovering,” Gov. Cuomo said. “This funding will continue to give real relief these communities and help Greece and Parma build back stronger and smarter than ever before.”
The Town of Greece has been awarded $576,164 to cover reimbursements for emergency expenses related to flood damage, inspection services for potentially at-risk areas and the implementation of traffic control measures. These funds benefit of the town’s approximately 97,000 residents who were affected by the flooding that occurred along the town’s Lake Ontario coastline from Braddock Bay in the west to Round Pond in the east.
The Town of Parma has been awarded $366,326 in grant funds to cover the cost of emergency expenses, inspection services for potentially at-risk areas, traffic control measures, the purchase of equipment to pump overburdened storm drains, the cleaning of stormwater drainage lines and culverts, and the purchase of sandbags delivered to residents. These funds will benefit the town of approximately 16,000 residents whose major flood damage centered around the town’s Bogus Point Park where a break wall eroded.
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