Territory Receives Nearly $2 Million From FEMA to Repair St. Croix Libraries; Target Completion Date is April 2022

The Office of Disaster Recovery has announced the obligation of $1,813,143 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program to the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to complete repairs and replace damaged contents at the Florence A. Williams Public Library in Christiansted and Athalie M. Petersen Public Library in Frederiksted on St. Croix. The Florence A. Williams Public Library, located on King Street in downtown Christiansted is comprised of a split four-story and two-story building. During the 2017 hurricanes, the facility and its contents were damaged by heavy rains, which overwhelmed the drainage system causing water to seep through the upper-level walls and down to the lower floors, according to O.D.R. Originally constructed as a residence in 1803, the three-story Athalie M. Petersen Public Library located on Strand Street in the town of Frederiksted suffered significant damage when rainwater breached exterior doors and entered parts of ...