Fort Lauderdale mayor travels to Washington amid focus on disaster assistance

WASHINGTON – Fort Lauderdale’s mayor traveled to Washington, D.C., to foyer for catastrophe help amid the aftermath of the latest flood emergency.

Amid the continued recovering efforts, Mayor Dean Trantalis was at Capitol Hill on Thursday. He met with members of President Joe Biden’s administration.

Trantalis stated one in every of his important considerations is rushing up the federal approval of a catastrophe declaration in order that metropolis officers are in a position to distribute support to these in want.

“Our of us want that now, so I hope the town fee will agree with me that we have to begin our program instantly,” Trantalis stated.

Trantalis met with representatives of Homeland Safety’s Federal Emergency Administration Company and with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to speak about investments within the metropolis’s infrastructure.

The flood turned some metropolis streets, together with Broward Boulevard, into rivers that swallowed automobiles and invaded residential and business buildings.

Even Metropolis Corridor, constructed within the Sixties, was broken. The basement was underneath some 8 toes of water damaging {the electrical} panel and working techniques.

Trantalis stated one in every of his objectives and hopes is that the declaration will probably be permitted and the town will have the ability to distribute $5,000 checks to residents who actually need the assistance.