Fairfax City Receives $144K To Develop Flood Resiliency Plan

Press release from the City of Fairfax :

10/11/2022 6:42 PM

The City of Fairfax, Va., was awarded $144,000 in grant funding from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to implement two projects to make the city more resilient to flooding. The city’s application was one of 64 vying for a portion of the $40M Community Flood Preparedness Fund.

The outside funding will allow the city to develop a community flood resilience plan and to conduct a flood study for the Mosby Woods area. Both projects are included in the city’s fiscal year 2023 capital improvement plan and together represent $225K. The grant will cover 75% of the flood resilience plan ($119,755) and 50% of the Mosby Woods study ($24,285). The city’s stormwater utility will fund the remaining $77K.

The flood resilience plan will identify projects to improve flood control throughout the city, and the plan will provide credits toward FEMA’s community rating system. The Mosby Woods flood study will evaluate the condition of a culvert in the Stafford Drive stream corridor and investigate options for improvement. Work will begin once the city has received the funding.

Development of a flood resilience plan is a prerequisite to applying for grant funding to construct flood mitigation projects in the future. CFPF grant funding can cover up to 70% of the costs for qualifying flood mitigation projects.

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.