An amount of $5.98 million in funding will be coming from FEMA to Gastonia to improve the infrastructure in the city and better prepare it for bad weather events.
The money will go towards rehabilitation of the bank at Duharts Creek and realign sewer and power lines in the city to increase its resistance to flooding. Funds will also be allocated for raising the road to the pump so that it will be two feet above the existing 100-year flood level. Announcements of such awards and their uses are made known throughout a community with poster printing.
Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina, said that bad weather events cannot be avoided so it is important to make this investment now to prevent such disasters during calmer waters. He added that this funding will enable Gastonia to rehabilitate and stabilize Duharts Creek to ensure that businesses and residents in the area will no longer be at risk for flooding when such major weather events occur.
Mayor Walker E. Reid, III. of Gastonia, said that such projects will help to protect the environment for the future of the city and for many generations of future residents in the city. He expressed his excitement that this project will be moving forward and added his thanks to FEMA for this massive award of funding.
It is expected that the work will take three to five years to complete.
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