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Katharine Otto, of the Southern Windsor County RPC, at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference.TRANSCRIPT
RPC Involvement in the Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network after Tropical Storm Irene
Presented by Katharine Otto, Southern Windsor County RPC
on behalf of the Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies
NADO Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference 2012, Burlington VT
What happened in Vermont?
Damage across Vermont
Maps produced by Pam Brangan at the Irene Local Roads Response Resource Coordination Center.
9/30/2011. [email protected]
Southern Windsor County
Cavendish – Winery Road Bridge
Photograph by SWCRPC staff
Cavendish – Carlton Road
Photograph by SWCRPC staff
“Cavendish Canyon” on VT-131
Photograph by SWCRPC staff
Traditional Role of Vermont’s RPCsVermont s RPCs
Coordinated regional planning
Transportation planningplanning
Local land use planning & zoningE l Emergency planning & preparedness
Natural resource planning
GIS mapping & analysisanalysis
What was our task?
VTrans requested assistance from Vermont’s 11 VTrans requested assistance from Vermont s 11 RPCs
Specific tasks Specific tasksMapping & data collectionResource matchingCommunicationsTechnical assistanceFEMA PA assistanceFEMA PA assistance
Strengthsg
Pre-established relationships with municipalities Pre established relationships with municipalities TransportationGIS mapping and infrastructure inventories
Pre-established working relationships and partnerships with state agencies and volunteers
Inter-RPC mutual aid assistance – less impacted RPCs help more impacted RPCs
Areas for improvementsp
No pre-defined role for RPCs to assist VTrans in the No pre defined role for RPCs to assist VTrans in the manner requested
Not all RPC staff had adequate knowledge and/or Not all RPC staff had adequate knowledge and/or training for tasks
Communications challenges Communications challenges Continuously changing expectations Collecting too much information Collecting too much information
Th k
Picture from Town of Weathersfield facebook page
Contact:Katharine Otto kotto@swcrpc org
Thank you
Katharine Otto [email protected] Brangan [email protected] Boomhower [email protected] Dimitrik [email protected]