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ULI panel: treat road elevation as one tool, prioritize safety, funding and regional coordination
Summary
An Urban Land Institute advisory panel urged Fort Lauderdale to prioritize public safety and equity when considering road elevation, recommend a 10‑point screening rubric, and pursue coordinated funding bundles and policy changes rather than relying on roadway elevation alone.
An expert advisory panel convened by the Urban Land Institute presented a set of recommendations to the City of Fort Lauderdale on strategies for road‑elevation and broader flood resilience. Lauren Callahan, senior director of advisory services for the Urban Land Institute, opened the session and said the panel conducted a site tour, more than 40 stakeholder interviews and public listening sessions as part of a rapid advisory engagement.
Panel chair Jim Hyde summarized the assignment and framed the core guidance: "The first was that just elevating the roads would not create an enduring solution for resilience," he said, urging a multidisciplinary approach that couples street elevation with stormwater, utility upgrades and neighborhood‑scale measures. Hyde and other panelists said road elevation should be treated as a last resort in many places and integrated into a broader resilience strategy.
Why it matters: Fort Lauderdale faces coastal and rain‑driven flood risk that is already producing property damage in some neighborhoods. Hannah…
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