FEMA okays $2 million flood mitigation grant for Sidney
SIDNEY—The office of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announce late last week that the village of Sidney has been granted almost $2 million toward mitigating flood risks, a venture officially known as GreenPlain project.
According to Schumer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will invest $1,949,300 for the project, serving as a capstone for Schumer's continued advocacy for assistance to the village.
The GreenPlain project will create 100-plus acres of green space for storm water storage where the Lower River Street Neighborhood, which is at constant risk for flooding, is located, according to the senator's media release.
Schumer said he personally called FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate last month, urging him to issue final approvals needed for the project to move forward. The funding, which will be used for Phase 1 design work for the project, was allocated through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
“This is great news,” Sidney Mayor Andrew Matviak said of the grant. The total project will cost about $16 million, he said, and Phase 1 will start this summer. The project has been “many years in the making,” he said Friday.
After previously multiple rejected applications grants managers and other development officials were crucial in moving the project forward, and the funds represent a major leap in the mitigation of Sidney's often flooded low-lying areas.
Many parts of the village are susceptible to extreme weather, as demonstrated by the flooding in 2006 and again during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011, and as many as 420 buildings were damaged by massive flooding throughout the village of Sidney, according to Schumer, who helped secure the disaster declaration unlocking federal funding to buy out 135 local properties.
In December 2014, Schumer initially wrote to Fugate urging him to approve the GreenPlain project as soon as it hit his desk. Schumer stood by the project as it navigated hurdles pressing FEMA until finally reaching approval.
This investment will finally bring relief to Delaware County residents by creating a new Sidney GreenPlain in the high-risk flood zone and developing new protections against future flooding,” Schumer said in the release. “This unsustainable vulnerability needed to end, which is why I pushed FEMA so hard to make this project a priority, and it’s why I will continue to push to ensure Sidney receives the next tranche of funding that they will need to complete the project.”
According to Schumer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will invest $1,949,300 for the project, serving as a capstone for Schumer's continued advocacy for assistance to the village.
The GreenPlain project will create 100-plus acres of green space for storm water storage where the Lower River Street Neighborhood, which is at constant risk for flooding, is located, according to the senator's media release.
Schumer said he personally called FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate last month, urging him to issue final approvals needed for the project to move forward. The funding, which will be used for Phase 1 design work for the project, was allocated through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
“This is great news,” Sidney Mayor Andrew Matviak said of the grant. The total project will cost about $16 million, he said, and Phase 1 will start this summer. The project has been “many years in the making,” he said Friday.
After previously multiple rejected applications grants managers and other development officials were crucial in moving the project forward, and the funds represent a major leap in the mitigation of Sidney's often flooded low-lying areas.
Many parts of the village are susceptible to extreme weather, as demonstrated by the flooding in 2006 and again during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011, and as many as 420 buildings were damaged by massive flooding throughout the village of Sidney, according to Schumer, who helped secure the disaster declaration unlocking federal funding to buy out 135 local properties.
In December 2014, Schumer initially wrote to Fugate urging him to approve the GreenPlain project as soon as it hit his desk. Schumer stood by the project as it navigated hurdles pressing FEMA until finally reaching approval.
This investment will finally bring relief to Delaware County residents by creating a new Sidney GreenPlain in the high-risk flood zone and developing new protections against future flooding,” Schumer said in the release. “This unsustainable vulnerability needed to end, which is why I pushed FEMA so hard to make this project a priority, and it’s why I will continue to push to ensure Sidney receives the next tranche of funding that they will need to complete the project.”
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