HAMPTON, Va. — A new partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Hampton will help address flooding on the Virginia Peninsula.
The Virginia Peninsula Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study will investigate areas impacted by sea level rise, from Hampton to James City County. The $3 million federally funded study will analyze low-lying areas that have experienced repeated damage from coastal storms, rain and flooding.
The study will examine the federal interest and the feasibility of implementing measures that may include building elevation or floodproofing, nature-based solutions such as wetland restoration, and structural measures such as tide gates and floodwalls to help reduce the risk of storm damage.
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The program is welcomed news for many on the Peninsula, who told 13News Now they have experienced issues with flooding.
“There is a ditch behind my house and the city did do something a few years ago to widen the ditch,” Hampton resident Ramona Sullivan Mann said. “I think to increase the drainage but it still backs up sometimes.”
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