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Governor Chet Culver announced recently that nearly $17.5 million in federal funds for disaster recovery is being awarded to projects in 10 Iowa communities hit by the historic floods of 2008. These projects are funded by $516.7 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Funds.

"The road to recovery for Iowa’s flood-damaged communities continues, and providing these funds to support the infrastructure necessary for strong and safe Iowa communities is vitally important," said Governor Culver. "These CDBG funds, in conjunction with funding from I-JOBS and FEMA, will help us support rebuilding and sustainable growth to move Iowa forward."

The awards total $17,441,851, along with $4,741,687 in matching and/or local funds, support projects including water system improvements to eliminate the threat of contamination and sanitary and storm system improvements to protect residences from flooding and sewer back-ups.

As a part of the plan, the City of Brandon was awarded $574,450 to help rehabilitate the entire sanitary sewer system to reduce inflow and infiltration by relining or replacing 9,000 LF of sewer lines and rebuilding manholes.