New Hampshire has received a $20 million federal grant to help rebuild coastal seawalls eroded by storms and flooding, and also received a disaster relief declaration to recover costs from January’s storms. officials announced on Monday.
The grant, announced by Shailen Butt, Federal Highway Administrator for Rye Harbor State Park, will strengthen stone barriers along Route 1A in North Hampton and Rye in Rockingham County to prevent flooding and structural damage. , which will help reduce post-storm cleanup time and ensure smooth movement.
This award was awarded under FHA’s Promoting Resilient Operations for Innovative, Efficient, and Cost-Reducing Transportation program.
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Separately, President Joe Biden granted Gov. Chris Sununu’s request for a major disaster declaration for Rockingham and Grafton counties in response to devastating storms and flooding in January. .
New Hampshire’s coastal seawalls in Northhampton and Rockingham counties will be rebuilt with the help of a $20 million federal grant following the massive flooding that hit the state in January. Photo: Aerial footage of flooding in Hampton, New Hampshire, on January 10 after Hampton Police declared a state of emergency due to high seas and flooding. (Lauren Owens Lambert/AFP via Getty Images)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with state and local emergency management officials, recently completed a preliminary damage assessment and estimated the total state-wide cost of response efforts related to this incident to be just over $3 million. Sununu said in a statement.
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“This declaration is a step toward recovery for communities that experienced severe flooding and power outages in January,” said Robert Buxton, director of the state Department of Safety’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. Stated. “We will continue to support communities in their remediation processes and mitigation project efforts to prevent similar issues from occurring in the future.
