Today, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu announced that New Orleans will get $30 million in grants to repair roads and streets damaged by flooding after levees broke during Hurricane Katrina.
Landrieu, says that money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will help neighborhoods "make much needed improvements to their infrastructure and continue moving forward to complete recovery."
The money will be used in three residential neighborhoods that received the most damage. The Milneburg neighborhood will get about $1.3 million; Lake Shore/Lake Vista about $7.5 million; and Broadmoor about $21.5 million.
The hurricane struck in August 2005. Approximately, 80 percent of New Orleans was flooded.
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