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JACKSON — A bill pending in Congress would establish grants of up to $150,000 for some whose homes were left uninhabitable by Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Haley Barbour says.
The grants' are part of the $29 billion hurricane-recovery package that’s included in a defense spending
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The govemoij said the grants would be crucial to tens of thousands of people whose hones were destroyed or severely damaged on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The grants will be handled by the state development authority, and Barbour said he expects it will be several
weeks before applications can be accepted.
Barbour said grants would be available only for owner-occupied homes, not for second homes or rental property. Also, people could get grants only for homes that flooded even
though the homes were outside the federally designated flood zone when the hurricane hit Grant recipients also must have had other homeowners’ insurance.
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By the
numbers
Here is a breakdown of the appropriations earmarked for Mississippi to help in recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
“This is a big victory for Katrina disaster victims,” said Sen. Thad Cochran, Appropriations chairman.
The needs addressed by the Cochran legislation that were not addressed in the president’s initial request include: funding for the Community Development Block Grant Program, assistance for education needs, and funding for state and local law enforcement. The funding is provided from previously appropriated FEMA money and a slim across-the-board cut to all FY 2006 discretionary spending.
$11.5 billion
Community Development Block Grants
Relief efforts and mitigation activities, including housing assistance, infrastructure development and assistance to public sen/ices. Much of this money will be used by Gov. Haley Barbour to provide assistance to homeowners whose homes were destroyed due to the storm surge.
$125 mlon
State and Local Law Enforcement
Includes the hiring of additional officers in areas that have experienced a sudden population increase due to hurricane evacuees. The money may also be used to replace equipment that was damaged, lost or destroyed by the hurricane.
$441 million
Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program
Provides loans to businesses and homeowners who have sustained physical damage and economic injury, and for costs associated with administering these loans.
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REBUILDING U.S. 90 AND ITS BRIDGES
1$740 million
A man walks on wh* used to be Beach Boulevard near the comer of Main Street in Bay St. Louis.
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BILOXI HAIB0R NAVIGATION REPAIRS
$5 million
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The Biloxi Small taft Harbor will be redesigned in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Bridge work back on track, MD0T hopes
By DON HAMMACK
dthammack@sunherald.com
With Congress apparently on the way to fully funding Mississippi’s transportation-related Katrina relief needs, MDOT is looking forward to getting its construction projects back on track.
Foot-dragging in Washington earlier this month forced Mississippi Department of Transportation officials to put off for a month the awarding of contracts to rebuild two key U.S. 90 bridges. The weekend’s developments help put that work back on track.
“I’m confident at this point,” said Southern District Transportation	Commissioner
Wayne Brown.
The $29 billion aid package,
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REPAIRS TO KEESLER MEDICAL CEMTH
$45 million
Militaiy bases stand to gain
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Brig. Gen. James Dougherty gives a tour of tt temporary pharmacy set up at the Keesler Medical CenteHospital in Biloxi.
Hundreds of millions allocated for Keesler
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
mmnewsom@sunherald.com
Mississippi military bases could get rebuilding money from Congress if the Katrina aid package attached to the defense spending bill is passed before the holiday break.
Word came down from Washington that Keesler Air Force Base wjts earmarked for several hundred million dollars as part of a bill that appropriated more than $1.3 billion
for local military installations for construction and family housing on the, same day its medical center held an open house to show its progress since Hurricane Katrina. The hospital is open to outpatients again and continues to be rebuilt.
The bill has money for the base, along with the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Guliport and the Naval Construction Battalion Center, among others.
Sen. Thad Cochran said the military funding is a victory for the state.
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