anchor Description
This project provides for implementation of Phase III of the County's Comprehensive Flood Management Plan, developed under the Comprehensive Flood Management Plan project. Phase I and II studied watersheds throughout the County and identified areas most prone to flooding as well as areas that will become prone to flooding in the future. Phase III constructs improvements in areas with identified needs.
anchorCost Change
Funds (Current Revenue: WQP) are shifted to the Comprehensive Flood Management Plan project.
anchor Justification
Flooding incidents in Montgomery County have been increasing in frequency and severity for several years. The built environment also affects flooding. An April report from the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) identified an upward trend of urban flooding in the County, from two to four occurrences a year before to to occurrences per year since and the severity has increased in terms of property damage and loss of life. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, precipitation in Maryland has increased by about percent in the last century but precipitation from extremely heavy storms has increased in the eastern United States by more than percent since
anchorFiscal Note
This project is intended as a central funding source. As individual projects are identified, funds will be transferred to the administering department, which could include the the Department of Transportation, Department of General Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The funding levels are starting points for Phase III work. The current budget figures are placeholders. Better cost estimates will be available as Phase III projects complete design.In addition to County support, the Department of Environmental Protection will pursue outside funding to fund these efforts.In million is shifted to the Comprehensive Flood Management Plan project.
anchorDisclosures
Expenditures will continue indefinitely.
anchorCoordination
Department of Permitting Services, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Maryland Department of the Environment, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers