The Group Toured Areas With High Flood Risk in Morristown, Verona, and Montclair
Parsippany, NJ –– Today, Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) joined engineers from the Army Corps of Engineers to survey high risk flooding zones in Morristown, Verona, and Montclair, alongside New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, and local officials.
Flooding is one of the most common and widespread of all weather-related natural disasters in North Jersey and, as evidenced by historic flooding that hit the area in September 2021, can be devastating for homeowners, business owners, and communities.
"So many communities and families are still recovering months later after Hurricane Ida swept through our region, and northern New Jersey has faced similar devastating damage from historic storms over and over again over the last few years," said Rep. Sherrill. "It's clear in the midst of the very real impacts of the climate crisis, flood mitigation in our infrastructure is more important than ever. With the recently passed, bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, we're taking crucial steps to make our communities more resilient. Addressing this is going to take all of us working in tandem. For that reason, I want to thank the Army Corps of Engineers for joining me today in NJ-11 to examine some of the areas at risk here and discuss how we can continue to work together to protect all of our communities."
In order to combat some of these issues, Rep. Sherrill has also introduced bipartisan bills like the FLOODS Act and the PRECIP Act, which will help the federal government improve forecasting and communication of flood, tornado, and hurricane events to better serve NJ-11 communities at risk for flooding events.
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