Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi - Federal Buildings/projects

Federal Buildings/projects

Because of federal intent to rebuild or recover projects of the US Federal Government, the damage assessment to federal buildings in Mississippi covers actual costs: the amount needed to resume operations at market costs. The following federal projects are described in terms of damage, along with the cost to resume operations:

  • $1.987 billion: as requested by President George W. Bush, for Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion; these funds will assist Northrop Grumman to "replace destroyed or damaged equipment, prepare and recover naval vessels under contract; and provide for cost adjustments." Ships were damaged in Pascagoula.
  • (unknown): as increased funding for USDA housing programs which provide subsidized loans and housing repair funding.
  • $75 million: in wildlife habitat restoration, for the Corps of Engineers to enhance estuarine habitats in Mississippi: following the Governor’s proposal regarding oyster reef and coastal marsh restoration. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will assist the Corps as these projects develop.
  • $75 million: for the Corps of Engineers on various coastal projects: to accelerate completion of authorized projects along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
  • $1.1 billion: to repair vital federal facilities in Mississippi, including:
$292.5 million for the repair and renovation of the VA hospital in Biloxi.
$45 million for the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport.
$277.2 million for the United States Navy to help rebuild the Seabee base in Gulfport, and the Stennis Space Center.
$43.4 million to help rebuild Keesler Air Force Base.
$45 million for the Keesler Medical Center.
$82.8 million for new Navy housing in the Gulfport/Stennis region.
$324.8 million for housing at Keesler Air Force Base.
$48.9 million for Navy housing at the Naval Air Station Meridian and at the Seabee base in Gulfport.

The cost amounts were decided for work continuing in 2006. Note that repairs include modern renovation, since it is not feasible to assess damage in terms of restoring federal buildings to the year they were built. However, the costs provide a condensed measure of the construction damage, without counting the millions of lost roof tiles, thousands of broken windows, etc.

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