Phased Construction Buying private property with federal hazard mitigation funds is a slow process. On average, it can take five to eight years before money is exchanged and property is converted to green space. As such, the proposed Spring Park expansion may take decades to complete. Additionally, it will take multiple funding sources to complete the proposed upgrades after the land is purchased and cleared through the buyout program. This report divides implementation and construction into three phases and recognizes that each phase will incorporate multiple individual projects. The phasing is based on the current property status, as shown in the property analysis map at the beginning of this chapter. Phasing generally moves first from government-owned to those properties with owners interested in participating in a buyout program, then ends with vacant lots and those properties that have been abandoned.
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Denham Springs Resilience
