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City presentation outlines flood vulnerability, prioritizes adaptation funding
Summary
Engineers presented a DEP-funded vulnerability assessment that maps storm-surge, rainfall and compound-flood risks and identifies six focus areas and vulnerable utilities; staff will use the study to seek implementation grants.
Port Orange staff and consultants from Kimley-Horn presented a citywide vulnerability assessment that models rainfall, sea-level rise, storm surge and compound flooding and identifies priority areas and assets for resilience work.
Juno Reed, the city engineer, introduced the study and said it was funded through a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's resilient program. Kimley-Horn project manager Chris Neferidis said the assessment inventories critical assets (roads, utilities, parks…
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