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Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 21:55:16 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — New Jersey got only $15 million of the $326 million requested in disaster relief under a program funded in the Hurricane Sandy aid package in part because the state submitted "a weaker application," a top federal official said Thursday. The award, announced Thursday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro at an event in Norfolk, Va., will go to help communities develop plans to address flooding risks, including looking at building codes. New Jersey missed out on a potential $236 million in federal funds for water pumping stations, berms, wetland restoration and other measures in the Meadowlands to help reduce flooding; as well as $75 million for a New Jersey Transit bus garage in Secaucus as part of an effort to help the state recover economically from Sandy. Castro said the state "submitted a weaker application on several measures." He said details would be provided to the state within 30 days. Continued at www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/did_weak_application_cost_nj_millions_in_disaster.html .
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