From the Mashpee Enterprise · July 18, 2024 · By Bronwen Walsh
On July 15 the Mashpee Select Board unanimously approved an updated Hazard Mitigation Plan, replacing the 2017 version and keeping the town eligible for federal resilience grants. The plan, developed with public meetings, a survey and input from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, lists coastal flooding and erosion as the leading hazards, followed by inland flooding, heat, drought, fire and invasive species. About 10 percent of the town lies in the 100-year floodplain.
The plan states that rising seas will deepen severe flooding and make nuisance flooding more common, projects longer dry spells, and cites state estimates of a large increase in intense rainfall by 2070. It also notes recent local steps such as wider wetland buffers, stormwater requirements for special permits and low-impact development rules. These measures shape how Mashpee’s Waquoit Bay shoreline and watershed will be managed as conditions change.
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