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Responding To Nuisance Flooding Of Coastal Highways: Options For Municipalities
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2019
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Description:Sea level rise and the increased power of storms have led to frequent flooding in low-lying coastal areas. The U.S. Federal Interagency Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Task Force predicts that by 2050, high tide flood frequencies will affect the Northeast Atlantic region of the United States between 45 to 130 days a year, compared to 3.4 to 6 days per year between 2000 and 2015. This increase in flooding will cause increased “sunny day” and nuisance flooding of coastal highways (including all types of streets and roads), requiring governments to make difficult choices about how to maintain and manage this infrastructure.This fact sheet provides information for municipalities about the legal context for three possible responses to highway flooding: elevation, discontinuance, and abandonment.
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Sea Grant Document Number:CONN-G-19-001
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