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Mayor A.J. Holloway said Tuesday the city has complet about 88 percent of its debris removal, yet there is much work left to be done.

Holloway spoke to the Biloxi Chamber of business on Tuesday morning on the 32nd floor of the IP. He said city has remov more than 2½ million cubic yards of debris and the work would have expense about $40 million, but FEMA has reimbursed the city. He said the agency has paid for an array of delineate s some as small as $2500

"I am not going to say anything bad about FEMA," Holloway said. "We have always had a convenient relationship with them."

The FEMA reimbursements have taken a substantial freight from the city and its taxpayers, he said.

Holloway reckon upons the debris removal to continue for another six to eight month in such a manner far about 3,000 property possessors have signed releases to