COUNTY OFFICIALS AWAITING WORD FROM FEMA

  

Washington County officials are waiting on the feds to find out if they’ll receive any money to repair local roads, damaged in the flooding in May.

County Commissioners confirmed a disaster declaration in June to become eligible for federal aid money, and officials are still waiting to hear back from the FEMA.

There are still six roads closed due to high water and three roads unrepaired.  County Judge John Brieden tells The Brenham Banner Press that officials don’t have any idea what impact this is making or what damage is there.

Brieden goes on to say that Washington County’s threshold sits at $120,000, a number the county is going to easily surpass.

Governor Greg Abbot included the county in a statewide disaster declaration, but FEMA must schedule a date to verify whether the county has met its designated damage threshold to qualify for aid and be included in its separate declaration.

If approved by FEMA, the county could receive a 65 percent reimbursement for damage repairs.