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County unveils flood vulnerability assessment funded by Resilient Florida grant; staff urged to prioritize projects for grants

5113878 · July 1, 2025
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A state‑funded vulnerability assessment inventorying critical infrastructure and transportation assets showed locations susceptible to rainfall‑driven flooding and put Marion County in position to seek implementation grants under the Resilient Florida program.

Marion County staff and consultant HAF Engineering presented the results of a Resilient Florida grant‑funded vulnerability assessment July 1, describing an inventory and modeling effort designed to identify county transportation, utilities and community assets exposed to flooding.

Stephen Cahoon, county engineer, said the county won a 100%‑funded FDEP planning grant (about $400,000) under the Resilient Florida program to produce the assessment. HAF’s Sean Layhoff described how the project updated watershed and ICPR (Stormwise) models, inventoried critical…

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