Milford Mayor Ben Blake recently took a drive to Washington, D.C. to meet with officials responsible for doling out federal funds for Hurricane Sandy cleanup.
“I presented $50 million worth of projects we’ve identified to build resiliency,” Blake said of his talks with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
“Most of these projects are all teed up and we’re working on new projects as we go along,” he said.
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In an interview in his office at Milford City Hall Tuesday, Blake estimated construction-associated damage from Sandy between $65 and $95 million, though the city and residents are still calculating the blow.
Blake said HUD, through its Community Development Block Grant program, has a Congress-approved $16 billion to assist hurricane recovery and invest in new projects designed to mitigate damage from future storms.
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The mayor is working aggressively toward securing a piece of the pie for Milford.
“Pretty much the entire shoreline (some 17 miles) has some type of problem,” said Blake, adding that the city is “looking at all areas of Milford to improve our draining and be prepared for another disaster.”
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Over the next few days Milford Patch will bring you the details of some of these projects. Later today we’ll publish an article on the planned dredging of Calf Pen Meadow Creek. And tomorrow we’ll share information on a re-engineering of the training wall adjacent to Silver Sands State Park.
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