Waterford To Hold Climate Resilience Community Meeting This Month

WATERFORD, CT – Residents are invited to learn what Waterford is doing to become a more flood resilient community during a community meeting on Tuesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Town Hall Auditorium at 15 Rope Ferry Road and is open to both residents and businesses of Waterford.

The meeting will focus on recommended strategies that can help the town adapt its infrastructure and natural resources to higher and more frequent flooding, according to a release. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

The Planning Department and a working group of town departments and committees have been studying these issues and will share what they have learned so far. They will also discuss recommended actions Waterford can consider to address existing and future flooding problems.

The workshop is part of a study that will provide the town with information and tools to prioritize capital projects, operational improvements and regulations to increase resiliency. The study is being paid for by a $175,000 Community Development Block Grant- Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) that Waterford applied for and received from the State of Connecticut Department of Housing in 2016.

To learn more, visit: www.waterfordct.org.

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