Maine commission tasked with improving storm resiliency releases interim report [Video]

TALIA CLARKE IS IN DOWNTOWN HALLOWELL TALIA ? THE KENNEBEC RIVER IS NOTORIOUS FOR FLOODING.. WHICH HAS PUT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN HALLOWELL AT RISK. THAT’S WHERE THIS COMMISSION COMES IN – – THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO PROTECT AREAS OF THE STATE FROM ááFUTURE STORMS. <VO> LAST YEAR’S WINTER STORMS CAUSED AN ESTIMATED 90-MILLION- DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO HOMES, BUSINESSES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MAINE INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILDING AND RESILIENCE COMMISSION HAS BEEN TRAVELING AROUND MAINE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES THOSE WINTER STORMS CREATED. RICH FRISCIA IS THE OWNER OF A LOCAL BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN HALLOWELL THAT WAS LIFTED FROM ITS FOUNDATION BY FLOOD WATERS IN DECEMBER. <SOT RICH FRISCIA / RECOVERING FROM STORM DAMAGE> 20;31;58 “IT TOOK US ABOUT 3 <VO> THE MAINE LEGISLATURE PASSED A 60-MILLION-DOLLAR STORM RECOVERY PACKAGE. FRISCIA WAS ONE OF ABOUT 100 BUSINESS OWNERS TO RECEIVE A GRANT …