BY STEVEN ANDREWS

The town will soon be giving a tour to a representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in order to recoup part of the $400,000 spent on repairs from the April nor’easter.

Town Administrator Burton Reynolds said the representative will be arriving in two weeks and the town is busy preparing information to present to him to show the extent of work done to repair roadways.

That information will include a detailed list of all roads where work was done and the cost of supplies used.

New Boston is eligible for relief because it is one of nine New Hampshire counties declared a federal disaster area after the storm.

By the time the FEMA representative arrives, only a few small repairs will be left to make.

Lyndeboro Road Bridge, Gregg Mill Road Bridge and Howe Bridge all suffered extensive damage due to the storm, Reynolds said.

“We were fortunate to have local contractors help, the real bad places were fixed within about a week,” Reynolds said.

If the town qualifies for aid, he said he expects FEMA to reimburse 75 percent in infrastructure repair, while the state will reimburse 12.5 percent and New Boston is expected to pay the remaining 12.5 percent.

Reynolds said that after the representative leaves he will make his recommendation, the official paperwork must be completed and reviewed, and then the town will receive the appropriate aid.

This process usually takes between 60 and 90 days.

“Ninety days is more realistic,” Reynolds said.

If there is one positive taken from the Mother’s Day floods of 2006, it is the experience it has given the town in dealing with applying for aid.

“(Before 2006) we never had applied for aid because of floods, only snow storms,” Reynolds said. “It was a much easier process this year because we had gone through it before.”