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Haverhill council adopts regional hazard mitigation plan to restore FEMA funding eligibility
Summary
Council unanimously adopted the Merrimack Valley Regional Multi‑Hazard Mitigation Plan after FEMA/NEMA approval-pending-adoption, enabling Haverhill to apply for certain proactive federal and state mitigation grants and to guide infrastructure priorities over the next five years.
The Haverhill City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the 2024 Merrimack Valley Regional Multi‑Hazard Mitigation Plan, a regional update prepared with the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission and approved pending local adoption by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Chief Robert Pistoni, speaking as the city’s emergency management director, described the plan as a five‑year nonbinding guidance…
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