Resiliency Planning
**An Upper Township Resiliency Workshop will be held on Monday October 2, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Upper Township Municipal Building.
Upper Township participated with the NJ Resilient Coastal Communities Initiative and worked with the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to access the Township utilizing the “Getting to Resilience A Community Planning Evaluation Tool” and they prepared The “Upper Township Getting to Resilience Recommendations Report” which can be found at http://www.prepareyourcommunitynj.org/case-studies/ . The Nature Conservancy has also prepared a report for Upper Township to assist us in restoring our backbay coastlines.
In 2016 Upper Township participated with the County of Cape May in updating the County All Hazards Mitigation Plan. Upper Township, Cape May County and other participating jurisdictions reviewed the natural hazards that caused measurable impacts in the planning area, and updated the list of hazards of concern based on events, losses and information available since the 2010 plan. In addition, non-natural hazards were included as well. Cape May County and participating jurisdictions evaluated the risk and vulnerability due to each of the hazards of concern on the assets of each participating jurisdiction. Although the resulting hazard risk rankings varied for each jurisdiction, the summary risk rankings corresponded with that of Cape May County and are indicated in each jurisdictional annex. The hazard risk ranks were used to focus and prioritize individual jurisdictional mitigation strategies. The plan has incorporated mitigation goals and objectives as a basis for the planning process and to guide the selection of appropriate mitigation actions addressing all hazards of concern.
In 2020 Upper Township is participating with Cape May Count in updating the All Hazards Mitigation Plan and the Township Flood Mitigation Plan. Information on the Plan and the Planning process.
Upper Township participant in Resilient NJ’s municipal assistance program, sponsored by NJ Department of Environmental Protection and funded by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The State awarded funding for a Vulnerability Assessment and Identification of Resilience and Adaptation Action Items. Colliers Engineering & Design prepared the Climate Change – Related Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (CCRHVA). The CCRHVA was presented to the Planning Board on October 20, 2022 and the Township Committee on December 28, 2022. A Story Map was prepared to help provide information to the public and garner public input. The public is encouraged to complete the survey at the end of the Story Map.