Legal, physical challenges of road flooding is workshop focus

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Road flooding along the coast is becoming more frequent with extreme high tides and sea level rise.
Road flooding along the coast is becoming more frequent with extreme high tides and sea level rise.

Building on the foundations from two previous Legal Issues in the Age of Climate Adaptation workshops and participants’ questions, the third Climate Adaptation Academy session will focus on the legal and physical challenges municipalities are facing due to road flooding from extreme hightides and sea level rise.

The workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Middlesex County Extension Center, 1066 Saybrook Road, Haddam. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. The snow date is Feb. 1.

The workshop is sponsored by the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) and Connecticut Sea Grant. For more information about the Climate Adaptation Academy, click here.

Registration closes on Jan. 18. Register for the workshop here.

Climate Adaptation Academy Fact Sheet #5

Click here to read the new Climate Adaptation Academy Fact Sheet, “Responding to Nuisance Flooding of Coastal Highways: Options for Municipalities.”

For information, contact: Bruce Hyde at: bruce.hyde@uconn.edu or at (860) 345-5229; or Juliana Barrett at: juliana.barrett@uconn.edu or at (860) 405-9106.