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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.1 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse the City of Laconia for part of the cost of replacing an undersized culvert with a larger bridge to help avoid future flood damage.

The $1,135,411 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant will fund the replacement of a culvert on Hillard Road in Laconia with a 21-foot clear span bridge to reduce the frequency and severity of flooding, and decrease overtopping of the roadway during large storm events.

“We support mitigation projects that make local communities and the state better able to withstand the effects of natural disasters,” said Robert Buxton, Director of the Department of Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. “We will continue to work with our partners at the local, state and federal levels to build resiliency throughout New Hampshire.”

The funding for this project represents 90 percent of the total $1,261,568 price tag and comes from a pool of money the state received from FEMA as part of the COVID-19 pandemic disaster through the HMGP program.

Under the program, every state, tribe, and territory that received a major disaster declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be eligible to receive 4% of those disaster costs to invest in mitigation projects that reduce risks from natural disasters, especially those related to

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