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For Immediate Release: November 15, 2017
Contact:
Joe Turner
Communications Manager
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Tel: (757) 420-8300
Fax: (757) 523-4881
jturner@hrpdcva.gov
http://www.hrpdcva.gov
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Regional Leaders to Discuss Initiatives to Improve Regional Resiliency to Flooding
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Chesapeake, VA -
City and County leaders from the 17 jurisdictions that comprise the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) will be briefed on preparing Hampton Roads for flood events like Hurricane Harvey during its next meeting, 12:30pm, Thursday, November 16, 2017 in the Regional Board Room at 723 Woodlake Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia. A brief summary of the agenda topic follows:
Hurricane Harvey: Evaluation of Flooding Impacts
Media coverage of the flooding in Houston due to Hurricane Harvey provided visual confirmation of the issues the Hampton Roads region could face if a storm such as Hurricane Harvey were to hit here. The HRPDC will review concepts and potential planning efforts that Hampton Roads could implement to better prepare for flood events.
The HRPDC will also discuss the health of the Chesapeake Bay, based upon an assessment of the ongoing efforts to improve Bay water quality.
About the HRPDC:
The
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC), one of 21 Planning District Commissions in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a regional organization representing this area's seventeen local governments. The HRPDC represents over 1.7 million people in the 17 localities of Hampton Roads, Virginia, including the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, the town of Smithfield, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, and York.
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Where
The Regional Building
723 Woodlake Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23320
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When
Thursday,
Nov. 16, 2017
12:30 pm
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Contact Information
Robert Crum
Executive Director
HRPDC
757-420-8300
Keith Cannady
Deputy Exec.Director
HRPDC
757-420-8300
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