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City resilience officer tells advisory board Fort Lauderdale must build higher seawalls and improve stormwater systems
Summary
Deputy Public Works Director Dr. Nancy Gassman told the board the city should follow Broward County guidance requiring new seawalls at a minimum elevation of 5 feet and accelerate stormwater projects under the Fortify Lauderdale program to address sea-level rise and king tides.
Dr. Nancy Gassman, Ph.D., deputy public works director and chief resilience officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale, told the Waterways and Beach Advisory Board on June 5 that sea-level rise is accelerating and that municipal planning must account for higher tides, failing seawalls and inland flooding.
Gassman opened her presentation by calling it “the where and when of sea level rise,” and reviewed regional projections from the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact. She said local observations and tide gauges show stronger upward trends in…
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