Participants in the New Hampshire's Coastal Flood Risk Guidance workshop at the Newmarket Millspace. (
SRPC Photo)
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Planning
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, principal regional planner Kyle Pimental, and senior transportation planner Colin Lentz, attended the New Hampshire's Coastal Flood Risk Guidance workshop at the Newmarket Millspace. Hosted by the Department of Environment Services Coastal Program, UNH Cooperative Extension, and NH Sea Grant, the public input session provided an opportunity for attendees to comment on the
DRAFT New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Summary, Part II: Guidance for Using Scientific Projections
.
At the session, participants were given a brief overview of the
New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Summary, Part I: Science report
before breaking into small groups to workshop the guidance document. Each group was given a realistic planning scenario (i.e. culvert replacement, living shoreline installation, wastewater treatment facility upgrade) and asked to go through the seven step process for incorporating projections for relative sea-level rise, coastal storms, groundwater rise, and extreme precipitation into state and local land use planning and decision-making identified in the worksheet. The session wrapped up with a report out from each group on what worked well and potential areas for improvement.
If you were unable to attend the workshop and would like to provide addition input, written comments may be submitted via an
online survey
.
The deadline to submit comments on the DRAFT guidance is Monday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.
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Transportation
The first of 20 public hearings for the state’s 2021-2030 Ten Year Plan was held in Dover on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The meeting, facilitated by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT), was hosted by District 2 Councilor Andru Volinsky at the McConnell Center.
The GACIT public hearings allow transportation stakeholders and the general public an opportunity to comment on projects in the NH Department of Transportation’s (NHDOT) draft Ten Year Plan (TYP). It also allows individuals the opportunity to advocate for specific projects. Colin Lentz, senior transportation planner, presented at the meeting reviewing:
- existing regional projects in NHDOT’s current TYP
- the successful project development process with NHDOT for the current draft TYP, resulting in new regional projects included in the plan as an outcome
- Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) regional priorities including multimodal network development, public transit, turnpike, rail, infrastructure resilience, and corridors and alternative fuels
The next GACIT public hearing held in the region will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 6:00 p.m. at the Frisbie Memorial Hospital Community Education & Conference Center in Rochester. For the comprehensive list of meetings see
Strafford MPO’s eblast
, which was sent out on Aug. 22.
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Economic Development
Bridgett Beckwith, tax credit program manager from the department of business and economic affairs (BEA) presented at the most recent economic development brownbag lunch meeting, held at Strafford Economic Development District (EDD).
Bridget spoke about the
Economic Revitalization Zone
(ERZ) tax credit, including the next application deadline for businesses located in ERZs (Feb. 10, 2020, for eligible activity in calendar year 2019).
For more information on the ERZ program, or to see if there is an ERZ in your community, contact
Bridget Beckwith.
For more information about Strafford EDD’s brownbag economic development lunch program contact
James Burdin
at 603-994-3500.
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