Governor Jindal Announces $4.6 Million in Louisiana Community Development Block Grants in Northeast Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, LA – June 12, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Bobby Jindal announced nine Louisiana Community Development Block Grants (LCDBG) totaling $4,656,862 today. The governor said the grants have been awarded to communities throughout Northeast Louisiana in the form of public facilities grants to be used for infrastructure projects.
Governor Jindal said, “By properly maintaining and enhancing our infrastructure, this investment of over $4 million shows our continued commitment to improving the quality of life for Louisiana’s residents.”
The Caldwell Parish Police Jury received a $651,633 grant to rehabilitate the sewer treatment facility and two lift stations and to connect three households to the system.
The Town of Chatham received a $756,150 grant to construct a new water treatment facility that will filter the water prior to disinfection in order to improve water quality.
The Concordia Parish Police Jury received a $227,800 grant to reconstruct three streets in the parish.
The Village of Epps received an $112,900 grant to install two high quality aerators for use in the oxidation pond at the sewer treatment facility in order to eliminate violations of Department of Environmental Quality rules and regulations.
The Town of Ferriday received a $755,700 grant to improve the pond section of the sewer treatment facility in order to meet the limitations of the facility’s discharge permit.
The Town of Jena received a $443,300 grant to complete an evaluation survey to identify leaks and make needed repairs to sewer mains and manholes.
The LaSalle Parish Police Jury received a $500,000 grant to install new water mains in order to eliminated fire flow deficiencies.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury received a $799,079 grant to extend the community sewer collection system to approximately 157 households within the parish.
The City of Tallulah received a $410,300 grant to rehabilitate all manholes on the sewer collection system to reduce the amount of inflow resulting from storm water.
LCDBG public facilities grants are awarded to improve existing infrastructure or construct new infrastructure, such as water systems, sewer systems, fire protection, streets or multi-purpose community centers. According to federal requirements, at least 51 percent of recipients served by these projects must be low to moderate income families. Additionally, water and sewer projects must remedy existing conditions that violate a state or federal standard established to protect public health and safety.
The primary objective of the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant Program is to provide assistance to local governments in non-entitlement areas for the development of viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. Non-entitlement areas are municipalities with a population of less than 50,000 and parishes with an unincorporated population of less than 200,000.
