PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, as well as Representative Bobby Scott, are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to reverse the cancelation of a FEMA program designed to protect against natural disasters.
According to a release , the DHS announced the cancelation of FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) program, calling the program wasteful and politicized.
The Commonwealth was slated to receive several million in funding from BRIC for various projects throughout the state, including $12 million for improvements to the Richmond Water Treatment Facility and $24 million to enhance the Lake Meade Dam in Portsmouth…