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Surry County included in HRPDC pilot to install roadway flooding sensors; vendor covers first three years
Summary
County staff reported HRPDC will place three of 50 regional flooding sensors in Surry County at bridge sites; HRPDC/vendor will fund installation and three years of operation, with VDEM hosting a public dashboard and an estimated $1,500/year maintenance cost for the county after the pilot.
Surry County received three of 50 roadway flooding sensors being deployed through a Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) grant, county presenters told the roads committee. The sensors are intended primarily for bridges over perennial water bodies and will send near-real-time data via cellular networks to a dashboard hosted by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM).
County presenter (S4) said HRPDC and the vendor selected site candidates in Surry including Route…
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