Barre passes flood resilience plan with next steps for the Granite City [Video]

MAKES WAVES IN HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS, AS THE GRANITE CITY CONTINUES RECOVERING FROM BACK TO BACK YEARS OF DEVASTATING FLOODING, THE BARRE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ITS FLOOD RESILIENCY PLAN TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE DISASTERS. NBC 5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN BARRE. HE JOINS US NOW IN THE NEWSROOM… WITH MORE OF WHAT’S ALL IN THIS PLAN. THE PLAN IS MEANT TO BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR RESIDENTS… BUT ALSO OFFICIALS TO SEE WHAT PROJECTS THE CITY IS WORKING ON OR HAS PLANNED. FOR EXAMPLE, REMOVING OR RAISING THE BERLIN STREET BRIDGE, RELOCATING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING WHICH CONSTANTLY FLOODS OR UPGRADING THE BARRE AUDITORIUM THAT’S BECOME THE CITIES EMERGENCY LOCATION OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. 17;12;47;20- 17;12;51;18 Teddy <REALLY LONG WAY TO GO BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR.> JULY 11TH HAS …