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Posted Friday, June 26, 2009
There are 87 homeowners who have now filed claim against the city of Holland following flooding from storms a week ago. Those homeowners say that BPW and the city didn't do enough to prevent the flooding. City officials say no sewer system could have handled all the rain that fell that night, but have said it might be a good time to take a closer look at it and make some improvements. In order for the claims to be paid, homeowners must prove the city knew about problems and didn't fix them. The city will likely have to hire an adjuster to look into all the claims.
Allegan County leaders voted yesterday to officially declare a state of emergency in the county following severe storms a week ago. They now join leaders in other communities waiting for the governor and president to declare the area a disaster. that declaration will free up federal money to help local governments with the clean up. Congressman Pete Hokestra said again that any of that federal aid that does come to the area is for public loss and will not be shared with private homeowners, and it's unlikely that there will be low interest government loans available for flood victims.
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