Part 5 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. Most communities have already mapped their risks. They know which roads flood first, which low-water crossings become impassable, which neighborhoods have limited ways in or out, and which public facilities lose power when the weather turns bad. […]
Public Safety and the Comprehensive Plan: What’s Coming in August
Introducing our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. In too many communities, the comprehensive plan and the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan live in separate binders — prepared by separate offices, often in separate counties, by decisionmakers who may not know each other, let alone talk to one another. It’s […]