Detroit to receive $346M of federal funds for sewer infrastructure improvements after 2023 flood

Following the flooding in 2023, the city is receiving funding from the Biden administration’s Disaster Recovery Grant from HUD.

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    The City of Detroit is receiving $346 million of federal funds from Disaster Recovery Grant funds via President Biden’s administration.
    
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    Detroit is using the money to repair outdated sewer lines which were overloaded by rain water in August, 2023.
    
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    Highly populated areas with the most damaged sewer lines will be the first to undergo improvement.
    

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  The City of Detroit is receiving $346 million of federal funds from Disaster Recovery Grant funds via President Biden’s administration.
  
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  Detroit is using the money to repair outdated sewer lines which were overloaded by rain water in August, 2023.
  
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  Highly populated areas with the most damaged sewer lines will be the first to undergo improvement.
  

DETROIT (FOX 2): Old sewage in backed-up basements is destroying homesteads, furniture, and furnaces.

It affected thousands of people in Detroit.

“We ve got a sewer system built to handle 4 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, which was great for the 20th Century,” Mayor Mike Duggan remarked. “We ve now had two incidents where it s 5.5 and 6 inches of rain – and what happens then is the basements in the city back up, and it s devastating.”

With $346 million from the federal government to upgrade infrastructure, the City of Detroit is aiming to eliminate flooded basements.

Gary Brown of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department asked, “What could we do that would have the biggest impact on Detroit residential homes?” “That s repairing the lateral sewer lines.”

Following the flooding in 2023, the city is receiving funding from the Biden administration’s Disaster Recovery Grant from HUD.

The city must prioritize fixing blocked and collapsed alley sewers with that money.

“Within the next two years we re hopeful we ll affect 10,000 homes in the City of Detroit,” Brown stated.

For comparison, the City invested over $50 million on sewer repairs last year, which is almost seven times that sum.

Detroiters will have an opportunity to voice their opinions as the plan begins in crowded neighborhoods with severely damaged sewer pipes.

“We’ll determine what was most affected by that storm using the data that HUD offers. “We’ll create what’s known as an action plan and give residents the chance to provide public input,” stated Julie Schneider of Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department.The city has one hundred and twenty days to complete that action plan.