BROOKLYN (July 31, 2013) -- A years-long collaborative study to assess coastal storm risk reduction strategies and promote coastal resilient communities brought together public and private sector officials in states along the North Atlantic coast June 12 and 13 at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.
More than 30 participants attended a two-day conference to discuss numerical engineering modeling of future scenarios. Participants heard presentations about the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2), coastal flooding, storm surge, wave systems, climate change, and model development. Public Law 113-2, which was signed into law January 29, 2013, to assist the Northeast with recovery from Hurricane Sandy, authorized the study.
At the meeting, officials from several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offices, including the North Atlantic Division, the New York District, and the Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal Hydraulic Laboratory, joined participants from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Moffat & Nichol, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stevens Institute of Technology, Stony Brook University, URS Corporation, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Naval Academy, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and Woods Hole Group.
The North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers organized the session, which was one of several that will take place during the study. The Army Corps is working in coordination with federal, state, local and tribal officials throughout the North Atlantic coast, from Maine to Virginia. The team will issue a final report of its analyses to Congress in January 2015.
To learn more, visit the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study website at www.nad.usace.army.mil/CompStudy.
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