MONTPELIER, Vt. -
Vermont officials say they should know next month how much FEMA will pay to fix the washed out state office complex in Waterbury.
The state is holding off demolishing some buildings until it gets an OK from the feds. FEMA pulled its liaison out of Vermont last week, and then said it was not going to stand by funding recommendations made by that staffer. The state had been counting on FEMA reimbursements up to 90 percent to cover the clean up and rebuilding at the complex. But plans to build a new state mental hospital in Berlin are still moving forward.
"We have not slowed down the process on the hospital and over the course of the next month we do not expect to slow it down. If we do get bad news from FEMA, we would have to review it at that time," Vt. Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said.
The state hopes to get a clear picture about FEMA funding in mid August-- just a couple of weeks before the anniversary of Irene.
