Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority Gets $1M Grant for Sandy Repairs

The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority will get $1,036,717 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to repair Superstorm Sandy damage, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced Thursday.

The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority’s facilities suffered extensive flooding during Sandy causing damages of $20 million. 

The funding will be used to repair three of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority’s facilities: the Main Pump Station, the Maintenance Building and The Grit Facility, according to a news release.

This grant is in addition to $2.4 million in FEMA funding that was awarded to the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority to repair the raw sewage main pump station in February.

The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority serves Hazlet, Union Beach, Holmdel, Aberdeen, Keansburg, Keyport, Matawan and parts of Marlboro, the news release said.

“Sandy severely damaged critical components of infrastructure at BRSA, and this grant will help make very important repairs affecting the Bayshore’s sewerage system, including disinfecting parts of the facilities, fixing and replacing pumps, other machinery and electric circuits,” said Pallone (NJ-06). “While this grant represents only a portion of the cost that BRSA incurred from the storm, I will continue to work to see that they receive the funds they need.”