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Stantec briefs commission on vulnerability assessment, urges focus-area adaptations and grant pursuit
Summary
Stantec presented a draft vulnerability assessment under the Resilient Florida grant, identified hotspots of flood-vulnerable city assets, and recommended conceptual adaptation projects and adding flagged assets to Miami-Dade's mitigation strategy to pursue hazard mitigation funding.
Diane Quigley of Stantec presented the draft vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan prepared for the City of Opelika under the state-funded Resilient Florida program. The study mapped present-day and future flood scenarios (planning horizons: present, 2050, 2080) using elevation data, climate projections and a GIS mapping approach to identify flood depths and vulnerable city-owned assets.
Quigley told commissioners the team identified focus areas or 'hotspots' where concentrations of critical assets—pump stations,…
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