Lafayette Reporter

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $16,293,374 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

“Southeast Louisiana faces threats of all kinds, including hurricanes like Ida and saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River. This $16.3 million will help Lafourche, Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes cover recovery costs for schools, water treatment facilities and other infrastructure that severe weather affected,” said Kennedy.

The FEMA aid will fund the following:

- $7,837,817 to the Lafourche Parish School Board for the restoration of South Lafourche High School due to Hurricane Ida damage.

- $2,098,957 to Plaquemines Parish for the use of reservoir barges for the Port Sulphur Water Treatment facility due to the 2023-2024 Mississippi River saltwater intrusion.

- $1,999,477 to Plaquemines Parish for the use of a reservoir barge for the Pointe à la Hache Water Treatment facility due to the 2023-2024 Mississippi River saltwater intrusion.

- $1,557,798 to Plaquemines Parish for the use of a reservoir barge for the Belle Chasse Water Treatment facility due to the 2023-2024 Mississippi River saltwater intrusion.

- $1,552,721 to the Terrebonne Parish School Board for the restoration of Dularge Elementary School; H.L. Bourgeois athletic fields; South Terrebonne High School football stadium; baseball field and tennis courts; Terrebonne Annex Building; and Terrebonne Maintenance and Auxiliary Complex due to Hurricane Ida damage.

- $1,246,604 to Plaquemines Parish for the use of reservoir barges for the Dalcour Water Treatment facility due to the 2023-2024 Mississippi River saltwater intrusion.