Proposed Resilience Projects

VKB | Resilience Project Programs:

Mitigating the effects of sea-level rise and flooding.

Projects within this program will reduce flooding through a Complete Streets approach. A Complete Streets approach for the Village will ensure all elements of a roadway are fully utilized to mitigate flooding. The elements of a roadway improvement for this program include, but are not limited to, travel lanes, swales, medians, roadway elevations, pedestrian and bike facilities, and street lighting.

Protecting the Village’s beaches and shoreline.

These projects are oriented towards preserving a healthy and wider beach to protect our valuable real estate and community assets. Projects will place sand on the beach, restore and enhance the dunes (a critical element of shoreline protection), and the long-term solution, an offshore submerged structure that serves as the first line of defense to our shoreline and preserves the sand we place on the beach.

Hardening infrastructure against the effects of hurricanes.

As part of this program these projects will focus largely on underground utility infrastructure, including power and telecommunications. The undergrounding - or elevating - of key components of utility infrastructure is intended to improve the reliability and security of these utilities. The hardening of structures that support the electrical components of the grid, such as transformers, switchgear, capacitor banks, etc., are included in this program.