FARMINGTON – Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency were in Fayette and Franklin County on Monday checking reported flood damage.
Heavy rains and melting snow on the weekend of April 2 caused an estimated $679,000 in damage in Franklin County, Fayette and Livermore.
Olive Toothaker, Franklin County assistant Emergency Management Agency director, said that as of Monday, county towns had reported $354,000 in preliminary damage assessments.
That amount includes all of the towns except Eustis, which she said didn’t receive any damage, and Coplin Plantation, which she said she hadn’t heard from yet.
Federal emergency representatives were touring towns, she said, and were in Temple on Monday morning.
Officials in that town reported $38,000 in damage, she said.
The town hit the hardest with damage, she said, was Weld at nearly $50,000.
Toothaker said Franklin County was well over the per capita requirement to be declared an emergency disaster area. The government allows $2.02 per person, and with a population of 29,467, the county’s threshold was less than $60,000, she said.
In Fayette, Town Manager Mark Robinson said there was a preliminary damage estimate of $225,000, with 18 roads affected due to the storm. Some private roads also received damage, which may qualify them for assistance if the area is declared a disaster.
Twelve Corners, the intersection of several roads and Route 17, was submerged during the storm, which never happens, Robinson said he was told.
Federal officials were touring the town Monday with Fayette Road Commissioner Randy Tibbetts.
Livermore Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said there were 18 damaged locations, with a preliminary damage estimate of $100,000.
Roads that were under water during the storm were North Turkey Lane, Strickland Ferry Road, and the south end of River Road, which will all require repairs.
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