- December 4, 2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released $178 million in storm recovery funds to Florida, including over $12 million for Flagler County and Flagler Beach.
The $8.7 million earmarked for Flagler County are for dune restoration specific to damage created by Hurricane Milton, while $3.7 million is for Flagler Beach's pier replacement project, a Flagler County press release said. The funds were released on Sept. 4.
A FEMA press release, shared by Flagler County, states, “FEMA continues to support the state of Florida by approving nearly $178 million in federal disaster recovery funds in August, which brings the total approved since January 20 to more than $804 million.”
The $8.7 million is the same money Congressman Randy Fine said he had gotten on behalf of Flagler County during a press conference on Aug. 27. The funding will be applied to the beaches from MalaCompra Park to Marineland and could begin in November. The total work for that section is expected to cost $11 million, the county press release said.
Flagler County already has dune restoration projects ongoing and the county would just need to extend the contract with the current contractor, according to information in the Aug. 27 press conference.
“We are so grateful to Congressman Randy Fine for using his influence in Washington D.C. to help us get the required signatures needed to get us money greatly needed for our dunes,” said County Administrator Heidi Petito. “He learned that we were still awaiting the funds to restore dunes that were damaged by Hurricane Milton when the county provided him a tour of the area a couple of weeks ago.”
FEMA is reimbursing the work costs at a 75% federal share through FEMA's Public Assistance Program, the Flagler press release said. The program provides funding to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, as well as certain nonprofit organizations, for disaster response and recovery work.
