NC DEQ awards $5.7M for WNC flood mitigation projects
The blueprint invests in community-identified priority flood mitigation projects across the Cape Fear, French Broad, Lumber, Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, and White Oak river basins.
While it’s not expected to be a major policy-heavy legislative session in the North Carolina General Assembly, key legislative priorities remain in limbo as both chambers push agendas while they still hold a Republican supermajority. The General Assembly’s short session officially begins on April 24 and is scheduled to run through July 31 tentatively. With...
On Tuesday, a legislative oversight committee heard from officials from North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) and AECOM on a plan to identify areas prone to flooding and ways to mitigate it.