Real Time Monitoring of Flood Event in Stone Harbor

–Cooperative effort with Stockton University CRC, Stone Harbor and SHPOA

–Water level sensors installed in flood prone areas of Stone Harbor

–Flooding events correlated with rainfall, tides, and waves

–Borough developing a Flood Management Plan (FMP)

–FMP will direct multi-million dollar future investment to reduce and eliminate flooding of streets, residents, and businesses

–FMP is long term in scope (10 – 25 years) and will be updated and adapted to changing condition

–Avalon has already started the monitoring

–SHPOA will invest $5,000 – $7,000 to match Borough funding