Today, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) announced that communities across Western North Carolina will receive more than $16.5 million in federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to offset the cost of recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.
Burke County will receive the lion's share at more than $11 million, funds for hurricane-related debris removal.
Burke County will receive two separate FEMA awards under Section 428 of the Stafford Act through the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Debris Removal program.
The first award provides $3,505,502.77 in federal funding for debris removed from roads and public property, including more than 47,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris and nearly 1,000 cubic yards of construction and demolition debris. The total project cost of $3,895,003.07 is funded at a 90% federal cost share.
The second award provides $7,577,605.79 in federal funding at a 100% federal cost share for additional large-scale debris removal operations. Cleanup efforts included removing approximately 216,460 cubic yards of vegetative debris, more than 12,000 cubic yards of construction and demolition debris, hazardous leaning trees, hanging limbs, stumps, and white goods from roads and public rights of way. Debris was transported to permitted staging and disposal sites for grinding, chipping, burning, and final disposal.
The FEMA funding announcement also support critical infrastructure repairs and debris removal in Lake Lure and Polk County.
“This funding helps our communities move from cleanup to full recovery,” Moore said. “In Burke County alone, this means clearing hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of debris to protect families and public safety. It also restores critical lake safety infrastructure in Lake Lure and rebuilds Pearson Falls Road in Polk County so folks can travel safely again. I’m grateful to President Trump and the folks at FEMA for helping ensure Western North Carolina’s recovery keeps moving forward.”
Great for our community in recovering from Helene. Please know that if Tim Moore didn’t wholeheartedly support the Oval Office’s current occupant’s insane policies and coverup of Trump’s involvement in the Epstein scandal FEMA would be ghosting us.
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Great for our community in recovering from Helene. Please know that if Tim Moore didn’t wholeheartedly support the Oval Office’s current occupant’s insane policies and coverup of Trump’s involvement in the Epstein scandal FEMA would be ghosting us.
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