Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey strategic recovery planning report, post Sandy planning assistance grant
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Year: 2014

description: In October of 2012, Super Storm Sandy devastated New Jersey when the storm came on shore creating wide spread power outages, fuel shortages, and damage from high winds and flooding. The Township of Woodbridge, which sits along the Arthur Kill, Raritan River, and the Woodbridge River, suffered substantial flooding and wind damage due to the storm. In the subsequent months after the storm the Township took a proactive approach to its recovery. Woodbridge has been participating in New Jersey's Blue Acres program, which will give residents whose homes were affected by the storm's flood waters, relief. The buy-out process, which Woodbridge is one of the first in the State to receive approval, is currently on-going.The Township of Woodbridge Strategic Recovery Planning Report will help to organize the Township's recovery efforts and identify further funding sources for planning related recovery efforts from the State of New Jersey. The report includes:• Summarization of the community's vulnerabilities and opportunities created or exacerbated by the storm• Identification of approaches to rebuilding that will be more resistant to damage from future storm events• Recommendations and prioritization of municipal actions to promote recovery from the effects of Sandy and reduce vulnerabilities to future storms• Description of proposed projects specifically related to an application for a NJ Department of Community Affairs' Post Sandy Planning Assistance Grant.• Mapping of critical infrastructure and their vulnerability to disruption of services.• Mapping the areas of critical current and future vulnerability, including FEMA flood plain zones and elevation requirements.The Woodbridge Report addresses issues within the entire Township, with a focus on the communities and neighborhoods that have suffered the most damage and have been part of the Blues Acres program administered by the State of New Jersey. These neighborhoods include Woodbridge Proper, Port Reading, and Sewaren. The report also focuses on the municipal infrastructure, properties, and buildings that were affected by the storm throughout the Township.This report is intended to provide guidance for future planning related projects that may be eligible for grant funding under the Post Sandy Planning Assistance Grant program. As part of the Post Sandy Planning Assistance Grant program, the Township of Woodbridge was awarded funds to complete this report.The Strategic Recovery Planning Report is the first step in the larger Post Sandy Planning Assistance Grant Program administered by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Office of Local Planning Services. The overall goal of the Post Sandy Planning Assistance Grant is to support long range planning for redevelopment in communities and counties that sustained damage during Super Storm Sandy in October 2012. The grant program is intended to provide local municipalities with planning support services to develop community recovery plans that strategically address the issues confronting them. The program's mission also includes providing local governments with tools needed to efficiently manage municipal operations, supplementing the ongoing efforts of the storm-impacted local and county governments to rebuild and revitalize.