Tue 13 Apr 2021 06.00 EDT
Last modified on Tue 13 Apr 2021 09.20 EDT
Residents of a majority-Black community that have endured long-term flooding from sewage claim that a proposed plan to remedy the issue is insufficient. The Guardian reported last month on how even modest rainfall causes Centreville, 10 minutes from downtown St Louis, to be overwhelmed by sewage that overwhelms homes and streets.
Following the Guardianâs reporting on the âhumanitarian crisisâ in Centreville, Illinois senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to approve federal funding that could potentially address the cityâs failing infrastructure.
But citizens say their calls for help have been met with silence or half-measures from local officials. A Centreville community group says the plan put forth by local officials doesnât sufficiently address the severity of the problems facing the town and say theyâve been excluded from c