Biloxi Rebuilding Numbers
Information from Mayor A.J. Holloway’s State of the City address:
Hurricane debris removal: 2.8 million cubic yards (enough to cover a football field and stand 133 stories high).
School enrollment: 22 percent less than pre-Katrina level of 6,100 students.
Casino hotel rooms: nearly 70 percent back up and running.
All hotel rooms: 55 percent back up and running.
Insurance coverage: 99.4 percent of $40 million in coverage received.
Keesler Air Force Base: $288 million project for 1,067 housing units.
City capital projects: $53 million with $60 million more in FEMA funding in the pipeline.
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Biloxi Damage
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