Flooding Mitigation News Today

Newport Receives $3.2 Million in Action Grant for King Park Shoreline Resilience Improvements. Governor Dan McKee

Gov. Ron DeSantis has axed funding for South Florida projects to aid public safety and law enforcement, improve drainage and infrastructure, strengthen government cybersecurity defenses, and make improvements in public parks The governor’s nearly $511 million veto list included more than $18 million in eliminated projects in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Virginia will get over $30 million for coastal resiliency between the $10 million awarded in grants from the Coastal Resilience Fund and the rest in matching funds.

The Municipality of Lakeshores new Flooding Mitigation and Protection Framework is a multi-prong plan to address repeated local flooding.

Scientists say stricter development rules are absolutely necessary but theyre not happening. >> so, thats fascinating. basically what youve learned is that development in houston, commercial development trumped what to do about the inevitable flooding? and that they were pouring concrete over prairie lands. and what happened? when you found this out, what happened when you went to city officials and the mayor to try to alert them? >> they said theyre doing everything that they can but one county...