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St. Augustine Gets $7 Million From FEMA To Fix Lift Stations

Ryan Benk
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WJCT News
Street flooding on the Flagler College campus in St. Augustine from Hurricane Matthew is pictured on Oct. 10, 2016.

St. Augustine will be getting nearly $7 million in federal funds to help fix the city’s waste-water collection system that was damaged by Hurricane Matthew nearly a year-and-a-half ago.

The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover three quarters of what it costs to repair 13 lift stations that pump water to collection sites.

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The funds were provided through FEMA’s Public Assistance grant program which helps local governments recover from major disasters and emergencies.

The remaining  $2 million for the lift stations will come from non-federal sources.

Contact reporter Cyd Hoskinson at choskinson@wjct.org, 904-358-6351 and on Twitter @cydwjctnews.

Cyd Hoskinson began working at WJCT on Valentine’s Day 2011.