Christie Administration Highlights Brigantine for Successfully Developing, Implementing Storm Resiliency Projects with Help of Sandy Recovery Grants
"Brigantine has used our planning grant exactly as intended: To assess community vulnerability to a variety of storm conditions and identify the remedies that could be applied to alleviate problems. Planners paid for with the State grant identified the problems and documented resilient solutions. Brigantine used those recommendations to leverage additional funds," said DCA Commissioner
DCA Deputy Commissioner
The Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grant Program supports towns damaged by Superstorm Sandy to develop comprehensive plans that will improve resilience in the face of future severe weather. DCA awarded Brigantine, a 10-square-mile island city in
"Brigantine would not have been able to afford this kind of advanced planning without the Post-Sandy Planning Grant," said Mayor Guenther. "Brigantine is on a barrier island so water is a fact of life. The resiliency planning is aimed at preventing water inundation, but also helping the City get rid of water when flooding does happen."
Armed with the plans funded by the Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grant, Brigantine applied for and secured a
Brigantine is now applying for a grant that would enable the City to encourage business owners in the district to improve their storefronts and facades. Some owners have already been inspired by the streetscape improvements the City is making. "We've seen it already where some business owners are doing concrete work on their own," said City Manager Stinson, who is also the City Engineer.
In the second project under construction, Brigantine used the plans drawn up with Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grant funding to apply for and receive a
"Well #9 is the City's southernmost well and it provides water to a large portion of the City," said City Manager Stinson. "During Sandy, Well #9 was close to being impacted since flood waters reached the top of the well system due to the existing low elevation of the well head. The new well that is close to finishing construction will be a foot and a half above the flooring."
According to city officials, the Sandy planning grants motivated the
The other projects in the works include:
* Installing a storm water pump station and flood gates at the 5th Street South Boat Ramp along the bay, an area that has experienced repeated flooding, which has damaged numerous homes in the neighborhood. The City applied for and secured a
* Installing an elevated micro-grid emergency generator at
* Creating a watershed management plan, which would help Brigantine become a Level 4 community. In a significant benefit for homeowners, Brigantine used the Post-Sandy Planning Grant to successfully improve its Community Rating System classification from a 6 to a 5, resulting in annual flood insurance savings to residents of
* Installing storm water pump stations at
* Building four living shoreline improvements along
* Making storm water improvements to several areas of the City, including the golf course,
Through the Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grant Program, DCA has approved planning grants for approximately 49 local government entities, awarding nearly
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