…Islands continues to manage reconstruction projects funded following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, with rising construction costs, lengthy approval processes and federal administrative requirements complicating recovery efforts. Sara…
…education infrastructure following the widespread damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The Department of Human Services oversaw the rebuilding effort, with the Office of Disaster Recovery providing project and const…
…older generating infrastructure, which sustained damage during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, rather than replace every existing unit. The administration is now pursuing additional generation through a combination of temporary…
…Ms. Sinclair attributed the delays to the effects of the 2017 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Franklin Johnson said the issue was not simply whether agencies already maintain the information internally, but whether l…
…the economic difficulties of the decade and the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. Mapp's Refinery Agreement Brought Money Into Government Coffers Former Governor Kenneth Mapp's administration pursued a return to oi…
…come alongside work to restore existing facilities following Hurricane Melissa's impact in October 2025. In a separate October 8 report on the same briefing, JIS said Black River Hospital's rebuilt surgical wards and operating the…
…contract to store and manage lumber brought to the territory for hurricane recovery. Prosecutors allege that D&S Trucking, operating as a subcontractor to Island Services Group LLC, inflated labor costs, performed minimal work and…
…with disruptions to production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of a hurricane, contributed to the increase. Those developments have added pressure to already elevated prices for refined petroleum products, including the ultra-low…
…billions of dollars tied to the territory’s recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. HUD said in July that VIHFA had received approximately $1.9 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds and had spent le…
…important FEMA operational facility since the aftermath of the 2017 hurricanes. In 2018, FEMA awarded an approximately $84,779 contract for restoration work at its St. Thomas bunker as part of the federal response to Hurricane Mar…
…of VIHA’s improvement effort. Vacant-unit rehabilitation and hurricane-related repairs are among the authority’s immediate priorities, with Alexander emphasizing the connection between restoring deteriorated apartments and increas…
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