Make Cambridge Resilient Holds Public Meeting
(CAMBRIDGE, Md) – The Cambridge Flooding Resiliency plan has been in talks for years. With Thursday night’s meeting covered specifically the area surrounding Long Wharf Park, just off the Choptank River.
Project Manager, Larry White tells us about the latest potential plans..
“So we’re looking at storm water management city-wide. Maybe creating a hybrid storm water system, combining green infrastructure with our existing storm water to increase the capacity of the total system. We’re looking at protecting residents…” says White.
However, one state representative is saying the project isn’t feasible as it is.
Calling into question the legitimacy and the efficacy of the project.
We caught up with State Delegate, Tom Hutchinson outside the meeting. He tells us, “I have a lot of concerns about it. Because a lot of my constituents have contacted me about it. What it’s going to do in terms of intruding their property and whether this is really a realistic design that’s being done here. Now, there’s money here for design. I don’t ever see there being any money for implementation…”
As far as that funding concern goes, the project manager explains that more money won’t be coming from the federal government.
Larry says, “This is not under the FEMA BRIC program, which was canceled. This is under the FEMA Flood Mitigation Hazard Grant program. It was a disaster declaration under the COVID disaster back in 2021.>
Ultimately, the decision to help make city streets along the Choptank River more resilient is going to be one that requires the entire community’s input.
“Well again, I really encourage all the residents of the city of Cambridge that are on the waterfront or close to the water to come out and be involved in this to see what potentially could be done to their views and to their peers and to their livelihood” says Hutchinson.
There will be another meeting regarding the Cambridge Resilience Plan on Tuesday, September 9th.
The meeting will take place at the Dorchester County Public Library’s Cambridge Branch at 6 P.M.
