LRA seeks public comments on repair proposal
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NEW ORLEANS — An ice house project in Yscloskey, a shipyard in Empire, and a fisheries plan by Vietnamese-Americans in eastern New Orleans are among the programs eligible for at least $250,000 each in proposed hurricane reconstruction funds, according to the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
The LRA is seeking public comment on the $9.75 million proposal to help repair extensive storm damage to Louisiana’s multibillion-dollar fishing economy, which is second only to Alaska.
The proposed funding projects are covered in one of two “action plan amendments” posted by the Authority on Friday at http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/cdbg/dractionplans.htm. Copies of action plan amendments No. 25 and No. 26 also can be obtained by calling (225) 342-1700.
“This public comment period lasts 10 days from (July 24),” LRA spokeswoman Christina Stephens said. “This is kind of our next step to help the fishing industry. They sustained great losses.”
Commercial fishing suffered from damaged docks, destroyed ice houses and other facilities following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
The new LRA proposal follows an earlier state allocation of $19 million for 15 commercial fishing infrastructure projects, across south Louisiana. The latest funding proposals are not funding awards, Stephens cautioned. “These are just the programs that are potentially eligible.”
The public comment period is only one step in a lengthy process that wends through the LRA, the Legislature and then the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Asked when the ice house in St. Bernard Parish and the shipyard might receive funding, Stephens said, “Hopefully in the coming weeks and months.”
The public comment period closes at 5 p.m. Aug. 4
In other action, the LRA is scheduled to hold its first meeting in two months, beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the State Capitol.
“We have a lot of action to take,” Stephens said.
Later that day, authority officials will head to Washington, D.C., for a round of congressional testimony on the progress of Louisiana’s recovery from the storm.
The LRA is seeking public comment on the $9.75 million proposal to help repair extensive storm damage to Louisiana’s multibillion-dollar fishing economy, which is second only to Alaska.
The proposed funding projects are covered in one of two “action plan amendments” posted by the Authority on Friday at http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/cdbg/dractionplans.htm. Copies of action plan amendments No. 25 and No. 26 also can be obtained by calling (225) 342-1700.
“This public comment period lasts 10 days from (July 24),” LRA spokeswoman Christina Stephens said. “This is kind of our next step to help the fishing industry. They sustained great losses.”
Commercial fishing suffered from damaged docks, destroyed ice houses and other facilities following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
The new LRA proposal follows an earlier state allocation of $19 million for 15 commercial fishing infrastructure projects, across south Louisiana. The latest funding proposals are not funding awards, Stephens cautioned. “These are just the programs that are potentially eligible.”
The public comment period is only one step in a lengthy process that wends through the LRA, the Legislature and then the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Asked when the ice house in St. Bernard Parish and the shipyard might receive funding, Stephens said, “Hopefully in the coming weeks and months.”
The public comment period closes at 5 p.m. Aug. 4
In other action, the LRA is scheduled to hold its first meeting in two months, beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the State Capitol.
“We have a lot of action to take,” Stephens said.
Later that day, authority officials will head to Washington, D.C., for a round of congressional testimony on the progress of Louisiana’s recovery from the storm.
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