Planning for a changing climate Will climate change have something to say about the Tweed Airport expansion? Experts think so

CLIMATEENVIRONMENTIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CT by JAN ELLEN SPIEGEL JANUARY 16, 2022
A tropical storm was a reminder that in a showdown between climate change and Tweed airport, climate change could win. The runway and terminal at Tweed New Haven Airport flooded during tropical storm Elsa in July.  |   photo by: New Haven Independent

(ctmirror.org Jan. 16, 2022 )

Just two days after the details of a master plan to expand Tweed New Haven airport were released in July, there was a harsh reminder that in a showdown between climate change and Tweed, climate change may well win.

Elsa, the first of three tropical systems this past summer that drenched the Connecticut shoreline, dumped a whole lot of water on Tweed.

The terminal flooded; the runways flooded; the access roads flooded; nearby homes flooded.

It nearly happened again when Henri came through and did happen again during Ida. And that was just one summer.Read Full Article here.

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