The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending Metro $1.76 million to help cover the cost of snow removal during last winter’s vicious snow storms.
This is the second million-dollar reimbursement FEMA has agreed to pay Metro after record December and February snowstorms cost the transit agency an estimated $12.7 million for snow removal. Metro officials say the agency also lost millions in passenger revenues when storms kept above-ground stations closed, buses off the roads and many commuters home.
The federal agency has agreed to send a total of $2.76 million in reimbursements to Metro.
