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Gov. Ron DeSantis announces $111 million in long-term disaster recovery funds for infrastructure projects in 22 communities in the Panhandle on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
More than a dozen communities recovering from Hurricane Michael are getting another round of federal disaster relief funding to help make their stormwater, sewage and water infrastructure more resilient.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced 22 communities would get roughly $111 million for infrastructure projects during a press conference in Panama City Beach on Thursday.
“We want to get this long-term resiliency funding out to Hurricane Michael-affected communities as quickly as possible,” DeSantis said. “Now these are not immediate response funds. They are designed to take a little longer to go because these projects are a little longer-lasting.”