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Cocoa Beach begins yearlong vulnerability assessment funded by ARPA and state resilience grants
Summary
Consultants presented a citywide vulnerability assessment process funded by American Rescue Plan Act funds and a Florida Department of Environmental Protection resiliency grant; work will map critical assets, run 2050 and 2080 inundation scenarios and produce priorities for capital improvements.
Consultants from GeoSyntec updated the Cocoa Beach City Commission on a citywide vulnerability assessment that the city expects will take about a year to complete and position it to apply for state implementation funding.
The project, funded by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars and a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) resiliency grant, is building a database of “critical assets” and running coastal flooding and precipitation models to estimate inundation under mid- and long-range scenarios, the consultants said.
The assessment will produce maps and prioritized recommendations the city can use for capital improvement planning and to support future grant…
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