WASHINGTON, DC -- Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation today announced the state is receiving over $1 million in federal reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help with the cleanup costs from last year’s major snowstorm.  When winter storm Nemo hit Rhode Island last February, it dumped up to 2 feet of snow across the state and caused about 180,000 homes and businesses to lose power.

U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline worked together to ensure Rhode Island qualified for federal disaster assistance and received the maximum amount of funding for which it is eligible.  The announcement that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will be reimbursed $1,024,670.32 is a part of that effort.

“Keeping our roads safe and clear after a major storm can be difficult and costly.  We applaud FEMA for reimbursing RIDOT over $1 million for the costs of snow and ice removal.  All this snow has exacted a heavy price on state and local budgets and we will continue doing everything we can at the federal level to help,” said Reed, Whitehouse, Langevin and Cicilline in a joint statement.

FEMA will reimburse Rhode Island for 75 percent of all eligible costs incurred between February 8-9, 2013.

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