$225,000 Available for Local Flood Resiliency and Climate-Adaptive Design
Approximately $225,000 in funding is available to help communities in the Hudson River Estuary watershed increase flood resiliency, conserve natural resources, and improve water quality. The funding is provided by NEIWPCC in partnership with DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program through the State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). There are two Requests for Proposals (RFPs): Restoration of Watershed Connectivity and Climate-Adaptive Design Phase II, described below.
Restoration of Watershed Connectivity and Improved Road Infrastructure
Deadline: July 30, 2021 at noon
 Approximately $100,000 in funding is available to help municipalities document constrictions that cause flooding at culverts and bridges and are barriers to fish movement in Hudson tributary streams. The purpose of the grant is to develop municipal management plans and designs to improve inadequate road-stream crossings through a regional approach that restores aquatic connectivity and reduces flood hazards in multiple municipalities.
There will be an informational conference call via WebEx for interested applicants on June 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. The deadline for proposals is July 30, 2021 at noon. The RFP and application instructions are available on the NEIWPCC website.
Climate-Adaptive Design PHASE IIDeadline July 23, 2021 at noon
 Approximately $125,000 in funding is available to design a project to reduce shoreline or stormwater risk in one or more of the communities of the Village of Catskill, City of Hudson, City of Kingston, or Village and Town of Ossining, New York. Each of these communities participated in the Climate-adaptive Design studio, a program which links Cornell University graduate and undergraduate students in landscape architecture with flood-risk Hudson Riverfront communities to explore nature-based design alternatives for climate resilient and connected waterfront areas.
Eligible projects must reduce risks from shoreline or stormwater flooding and erosion while enhancing habitat value, which may include options for strategic relocation, resilient waterfront structures and infrastructure, natural and nature-based shoreline design, and stormwater green infrastructure. Learn more and view Climate-Adaptive Phase II completed projects on Cornell’s website.
There will be an informational conference call via WebEx for interested applicants on June 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. The deadline for proposals is July 23, 2021 at noon. The RFP and application instructions are available on the NEIWPCC website.
NEIWPCC is a regional commission that helps the states of the Northeast preserve and advance water quality. General information about the RFPs can be found on DEC’s website. |
