Hillsborough leaders meet to discuss costly Chantal recovery
ESPECIALLY ALONG ESTES DRIVE
ABOUT $500,000. IT IS COSTLY.
HILLSBOROUGH TOWN LEADERS,
BRIAN, ARE WORKING OUT HOW TO
PAY FOR THE RECOVERY EFFORT
FROM SCHENN TALL AS WELL.
ORANGE COUNTY OFFICIALS SAYING
TONIGHT REPAIRS COULD COST MORE
THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS AND
THAT THE FEMA FUNDING CUT BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
SETTING THEM BACK 6 TO 8
MONTHS. WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK WAS
INSIDE A COMMISSIONERS MEETING
TONIGHT. SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE
FROM HILLSBOROUGH. HEIDI, WERE
THEY ABLE TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS?
>> WE KNOW WE ACTUALLY JUST
STEPPED OUT OF THAT MEETING
WITHIN THE HOUR. IT TOOK PLACE
HERE AT HILLS FOR THOSE TOWN
HALL. NOW, COMMISSIONERS
ALLOCATED JUST OVER A MILLION
DOLLARS FOR SOME OF THOSE
RECOVERY EFFORTS. AND NOW
THEY'LL BE WORKING THROUGH HOW
MUCH OF THAT GETS REIMBURSED
AND HOW MUCH IF ANY, THEY GET
FROM FEDERAL FUNDS.
>> TONIGHT IN HILLSBOROUGH
TOWN, LEADERS GOT THEIR FIRST
LOOK AT SOME OF THE COSTS OF
RECOVERING THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE CAUSED BY
SEAN TALL FROM WASHED OUT ROADS
TO PROPERTY DAMAGE, THE COST TO
REPAIR IT ALL IS FRONT OF MIND
FOR LOCAL LEADERS. SO WE JUST
ALLOCATED LEVER MILLION DOLLARS
TONIGHT TO COVER THE COST OF
VEHICLES AND
>> AND PUBLIC WORK-RELATED
EXPENSES. AND WE HOPE TO BE
REIMBURSED FOR THAT. BUT WE
MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
WHILE MUCH OF THE FUNDING IS UP
IN THE AIR, THE NEED FOR
RECOVERY IS URGENT RIGHT NOW.
>> IN HILLSBOROUGH, PUBLIC
WORKS IS DOWN 10 VEHICLES AFTER
FLOODING AT THE FACILITY,
LEAVING THEM DOWN TO 3RD
STRENGTH. THEY CALL THAT THE
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO RESTORE
SERVICES TO THE TOWN. BUT IT'S
NOT LOST ON THEM. WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH, WHAT
WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS
HELPING CONNECT RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES TO RESOURCES OF
HEALTH. WE THEY CAN BETTER
PREPARE FOR THESE DISASTERS IN
THE FUTURE. MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING WE COULD DO
DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE OR
>> INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE COULD
STRENGTHEN TO HELP PROTECT US
FROM THAT.
>> AND OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST
THE FIRST OF MANY CONVERSATIONS
THAT WILL BE TO CALL ABOUT HOW
TO FUND SOME OF THE RECOVERY
EFFORTS. OF COURSE, WE'LL KEEP
YOU POSTED EVERY STEP OF THE