Palm Beach County is forging new regulations that would take into account sea level rise. Seems as though they are doing it with "their eyes wide open", as Commission McVoy likes to say. Palm Beach County is part of the climate change compact that is a cooperative effort between four south Florida counties - of which PBC is the most northern. Click title for link. Here are some of the regulation changes that will be considered.
In 2012, representatives for the four counties produced about 100 recommendations — not requirements — for local governments to implement to help deal with climate change.
The recommendations include: raising low-lying roads at risk of flooding, restricting development in areas vulnerable to flooding, relocating drinking water wellfields further inland, and promoting public transportation to reduce the number of cars producing greenhouse gases.
County officials don't dispute that the future costs of climate-change measures could be steep.
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