Town of Manchester Flood Resiliency Plan

• Project typeTownwide Comprehensive Plan
• Project value$190,000
• Project schedulePublic Informational Meeting Scheduled (Meeting #2)
• Contractor nameThornton Tomasetti Inc.

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

Next Community Meeting (Revised Save the Date): Thursday March 12, 2026

The Town of Manchester and its Consultant, Thornton Tomassetti, Inc. have tentatively scheduled the new Community Meeting for Thursday March 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM to be held virtually on the Zoom platform. The Consultant team will share their recommended solutions for each of the top identified priority areas previously identified and shared with the public at the November 2025 Informational Meeting. More information will be posted on this project page as the event date nears. 

Previous Meeting: November 13, 2025 Informational Meeting

By the November, the project team has collected data, analyzed flood risks, and incorporated community input. Thornton Tomassetti, Inc. updated the public on its findings from the Risk Assessment during a Thursday November 13, 2025 virtual meeting on Zoom. The Consultant spoke about how the flood risk assessment was conducted, the results and findings from the analysis, and the next steps in developing strategies to reduce flood risk in Manchester.

Community Meeting #2 Presentation Slides(PDF, 6MB)

Previous Meeting: August 14, 2025 Community Engagement 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.

Community Meeting # 1 Presentation Slides(PDF, 7MB)

Project Timeline & Schedule

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 most recent Public Informational Meeting was held on Thursday November 13, 2025. The meeting was held virtually and was open to the public to learn more about the study's findings and its recommended priority areas. 

Location

494 Main St, Manchester, CT 06045  View Map

41.776524, -72.521830

494 Main St , Manchester, CT 06045

494 Main St , Manchester, CT 06045

Town of Manchester Flood Resiliency Plan