Climate Ready Estuaries - COAST in Action: 2012 Projects from Maine and New Hampshire

2 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 4 New Hampshire 5 Context and Methods 5 Results 7 Community Engagement and Response 25 Implications for Future Work 29 Portland, Maine 32 Context and Methods 32 Results 33 Community Engagement and Response 44 Implications for Future Work 51 Literature Cited 52 Appendix 1. Software report and excerpt from the COAST User’s Manual, current version. 53 Appendix 2. Rough cost estimates for floodproofing public assets in Hampton, Hampton Falls, and Seabrook, NH (Parsons Brinckerhoff). 62 Appendix 3. Sample process agenda from a NH COAST meeting. 68 Appendix 4. Portland, Maine documents launching SLR planning efforts. 70 Appendix 5. Rough cost estimates and preliminary engineering report for a surge barrier and levee complex in Portland, Maine (Sebago Technics). 74 Appendix 6. Summary notes from a COAST public meeting in Maine. 81