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Office of Resilience briefs commission on 2024 Hampton Roads Hazard Mitigation actions and ongoing projects
Summary
The city's resilience staff presented the annual report for the Hampton Roads Hazard Mitigation Plan, summarizing 14 mitigation actions under way or planned, including shoreline stabilizations, dune replenishment, pump-station resilience, grant-funded home elevations and a watershed master plan to support higher Community Rating System credits.
City resilience and planning staff presented the annual report for the Hampton Roads Hazard Mitigation Plan, updating the Planning Commission on ongoing projects intended to reduce flood and storm risk. Alyssa Flatt, the city's CRS coordinator and floodplain planner, summarized the plan's actions and progress, noting the regional plan is updated every five years (the current plan was finalized in 2022) and that local actions position the city to be eligible for state and federal mitigation grants. Major actions reported - Structural and shoreline work: studies of existing breakwaters, design and construction of new bulkheads and living shorelines (Surrey Crescent, Richmond Crescent, Haig bulkhead) and continued dune work including a…
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