The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin unveiled its first dual-language highway signs in their native language in Keshena, November 17, 2022. PC: Fox 11 Online
(WTAQ-WLUK) — A grant is bringing reliable energy to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
Through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program, FEMA has awarded $872,894 to the tribe for an underground power line conversion project.
The project will convert a series of overhead copper weld power lines to underground aluminum power lines. Since their installation in the 1950s, these lines have sustained repeated outages from natural hazards. By converting the overhead lines to underground lines, this project will ensure power to the reservation remains operable during severe weather, ice storms and extreme cold.
For this project, FEMA will pay 89% of the $985,526 eligible project cost with the remaining 11% of the costs, $112,632, provided by the tribe. FEMA will also cover 100% of management costs at $93,860.
Comments