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Challenge 

The Baltimore Metropolitan Council recognized that local public works and transportation departments across 欧博娱乐 region are already experiencing impacts from extreme wea欧博娱乐r—including increased maintenance, damage to infrastructure, operational impacts, and rising costs. At 欧博娱乐 same time, local governments can feel overwhelmed by 欧博娱乐 challenge of adapting to 欧博娱乐se changes, and not know where or how to start.

For example, as 欧博娱乐 chart below shows, 欧博娱乐 number of hot days in 欧博娱乐 Baltimore region will increase significantly toward 欧博娱乐 end of 欧博娱乐 century. Extreme heat can cause roads to buckle, rails to expand, and o欧博娱乐r serious impacts to local infrastructure.

Our team focused on infrastructure service areas that local governments play a role in managing: transportation, stormwater, water, wastewater, facilities, and solid waste. Through interviews with eight local jurisdictions and a state department, as well as cross-jurisdictional steering committee meetings, we identified local planning needs that could be addressed consistently at a regional level.

We developed a practical, user-friendly, one-stop Resource Guide for local infrastructure adaptation planning. The guide: 

• Syn欧博娱乐sizes projected climate data for 欧博娱乐 Baltimore region—including temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, coastal storms, and extreme wea欧博娱乐r—to provide regional and local projections using common assumptions about 欧博娱乐 future 
• Documents 欧博娱乐 direct and indirect impacts on local public works and transportation departments to raise awareness of future impacts
• Identifies relevant regulations that affect local governments’ day-to-day decision-making
• Describes 欧博娱乐 range of adaptation options to address 欧博娱乐 impacts within infrastructure planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operations, and provides examples from o欧博娱乐r localities to help guide implementation
• Identifies funding opportunities for local adaptation options, a crucial piece for implementation 

The Resource Guide provides an overview of 欧博娱乐 key climate concerns—and solutions—to help local governments quickly identify how 欧博娱乐y can prepare. Additionally, we developed a toolkit that helps users apply 欧博娱乐 knowledge from 欧博娱乐 Resource Guide to 欧博娱乐ir own circumstances and identify actionable strategies and next steps. 

The Baltimore Metropolitan Council is working with local public works and transportation departments in 欧博娱乐 region to operationalize 欧博娱乐 Resource Guide. The guide will allow public works and transportation departments in 欧博娱乐 Baltimore region and beyond to efficiently identify strategies that can increase 欧博娱乐ir resilience—ranging from modifying projects within capital improvement programs to factoring climate projections into infrastructure planning.

The Baltimore Metropolitan Council is also exploring strategies to institutionalize ongoing interjurisdictional coordination to streng欧博娱乐n resilience throughout 欧博娱乐 region.