Town of Manchester Flood Resiliency Plan

Announcement

Next Public Informational Meeting will be held virtually and is tentatively scheduled for Thursday November 13, 2025. Additional details to be posted by the end of October.

  • Project typeTownwide Comprehensive Plan
  • Project value$190,000
  • Project scheduleReviewing community feedback
  • Contractor nameThornton Tomasetti Inc.
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The Town of Manchester received Track 1 funding from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) through its Climate Resilience Fund grant program to engage a qualified consulting engineer to develop a comprehensive plan to assist the Town with identifying vulnerabilities in its stormwater management infrastructure, to understand the implications of current and future extreme precipitation events and to identify mitigation solutions to reduce the negative impact of climate change. These solutions would help short-list potential projects that the Town could ultimately pursue funding grant(s) through Track 2 of the same grant program (Climate Resilience Fund.)

Community Feedback!

If you missed our first Community Meeting, there is still time to submit written comments for our consultant to review and incorporate into their report. They have set up the email address below (it is official)! Feel free to share images and video of significant flooding that you want to share with the Town and make the Consultant aware of. 

manchesterfloodplan@gmail.com

November 13, 2025 Informational Meeting

A virtual meeting will be held on Thursday November 13, 2025. The Town's Consultant will update the public on its findings from the Risk Assessment. More information to be posted by the end of October.

August 14, 2025 Community Meeting

The Town has made a recording available on Youtube from the first Community Engagement Meeting with representatives from the Town Public Works Engineering Division and the Town's Consultant leading the study Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. The meeting was held in a virtual format using Microsoft Teams on August 14, 2025.

 

Timeline

Below is an image of the current timeline of the study. The project had a kickoff in May 2025 followed by the consultant doing data gathering from not only the Town's GIS and other Engineering data, but from other publicly available sources. Recently in August 2025, the Town and their consultant led the first Community Engagement meeting soliciting feedback and input from the community. The consultant then developed their model and its scenarios to develop a Town-wide Risk Assessment. The Risk Assessment was used to develop a list of recommended priority areas.

The next Public Informational Meeting is planned for Thursday November 13, 2025. The meeting will be held virtually and is open to the public to learn more about the study's findings and its recommended priority areas. 

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Location

494 Main St, Manchester, CT 06045  View Map

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Contact details

Consultant Team (Thornton Tomasetti)
manchesterfloodplan@gmail.com

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