What are coastal communities planning to do in the face of rising sea levels? One town that is grappling with that issue is East Hampton, New York.
On May 16, the town held the first of three planned public meetings to discuss and get feedback about erosion risks and storm vulnerability to the community.
It’s all part of the town’s Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan, an effort that’s been underway for the past several years.
Francesca Rheannon sat down several days before the meeting with Peter van Scoyoc. He’s deputy town supervisor and a member of East Hampton’s Coastal Assessment & Resiliency Planning Committee.
East Hampton Star May 18, 2017
A committee appointed by the East Hampton Town Board early this year has begun examining potential impacts on East Hampton’s coast, using different projections as to the degree of sea level rise and the strength of storms. Gardiner’s Island has not been included.
On Tuesday, at the first public presentation on the effort, which participants refer to by the acronym CARP, Jeremy Samuelson, the head of the committee, described the formidable task with other questions. “How many acres are we going to lose? What is the shape of our community going to be? Where will the impacts be?”
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Entire Town Coast at Extreme or High Risk
What will happen in the days to come, and in future decades, along East Hampton’s 114 miles of coastline as a result of expected sea level rise and possible storms? This question, and what might be done to avoid worst-case scenarios, is at the core of an attempt to develop a coastal assessment resiliency plan.A committee appointed by the East Hampton Town Board early this year has begun examining potential impacts on East Hampton’s coast, using different projections as to the degree of sea level rise and the strength of storms. Gardiner’s Island has not been included.
On Tuesday, at the first public presentation on the effort, which participants refer to by the acronym CARP, Jeremy Samuelson, the head of the committee, described the formidable task with other questions. “How many acres are we going to lose? What is the shape of our community going to be? Where will the impacts be?”
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