The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful.
The move was prompted by an order from a US district court earlier this month, which had mandated in December that the Trump administration restore the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.
FEMA launched the multibillion-dollar grant initiative during President Donald Trump’s first term in office in an effort to reduce the cost of future disasters. State, local and tribal governments can apply to fund an array of construction projects, and in prior years had ...