The Port of Oakland, in partnership with the Metropolis of Oakland, has obtained a $three million grant from the California Division of Transportation (Caltrans) for Sustainable Transportation Planning and Local weather Adaptation. This grant goals to deal with potential flooding attributable to sea stage rise (SLR) and groundwater intrusion (GWI).
Colleen Liang, Director of Environmental Packages and Planning, emphasised the importance of the funding: “Sea stage rise and groundwater intrusion pose an existential risk to the port and metropolis. We’re grateful to Caltrans for the award. We’ll use the funding to supply adaptation methods for the port and the Metropolis of Oakland’s susceptible communities.”
The initiative, titled “Rising Seas and Oakland’s Infrastructure and Frontline Communities: Local weather Adaptation Planning for Neighborhood-led Resiliency Mission,” contains conducting an asset stock and vulnerability evaluation. This venture will concentrate on the anticipated SLR and GWI impacts on the port and close by Oakland neighborhoods.
Along with the grant, the Port of Oakland will contribute $1.5 million in direction of the $4.5 million venture. The port oversees roughly 20 miles of San Francisco Bay coastal property, which incorporates important transportation infrastructure such because the Oakland Worldwide Airport and the Oakland Seaport.
The venture goals to mannequin the consequences of SLR, GWI, and liquefaction within the close to and distant future (2030, 2050, 2100) and can discover adaptive measures to deal with recognized vulnerabilities. Neighborhood involvement will likely be integral to the venture’s planning and implementation phases.
Just lately, the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners authorised a $19.three million settlement to safe solar energy for the following 20 years, additional emphasizing the port’s dedication to sustainability and resilience.
