The Capitol Region is active in planning for natural hazards mitigation to help reduce our vulnerabilities to natural disasters and enable our communities to minimize losses and recover more effectively when disasters do occur. CRCOG is currently updating the Capitol Region Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan.
Public Draft of Capitol Region Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Is Available for Review
Local planners are seeking public input on a plan for reducing losses from natural disasters in the greater Hartford area. The Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG), along with each of the 38 municipalities in the Capitol Region, has updated the region’s Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. A Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is a tool that helps a community understand risks and take specific steps to reduce property damage, injury, and loss of life. This plan discusses the occurrence and consequences of floods, winter storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and tropical storms, wildfires, earthquakes, and dam failure. The plan identifies activities that communities can perform before natural hazards occur in order to minimize property damage, risk of life, and the costs that are shared by all. This update identifies significant changes in vulnerabilities, risks, capabilities, and mitigation actions that have developed since adoption of the previous plan in 2014.
A draft is available for review at CRCOG’s web page for natural hazard mitigation planning: http://crcog.org/2016/05/natural-hazards-mitigation-planning/
The Capitol Region Council of Governments is offering an opportunity for the public to learn about the plan, ask questions, and provide input at an informal drop-in session to be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at CRCOG’s offices at 241 Main Street – 4th floor Conference Room. Parking is available behind the building in the CRCOG Visitor Parking Lot on John Street.
Comments or questions can also be emailed to Lynne Pike DiSanto at lpikedisanto@crcog.org. Comments are due November 30, 2018.
For more information, please contact Lynne Pike DiSanto of CRCOG at (860) 522-2217, extension 4211.
