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Welch outlines new report on cost of flooding, will visit Miller Farm in Vernon & floodplain restoration in Brattleboro
From left, US Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Governor Scott and Senator Welch were in Montpelier July 17, 2023, to discuss the devastating summer floods. Courtesy photo. Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), shared a new report released this week by the JEC’s Democratic staff finding that flooding causes as much as $496 billion in losses each year. On Friday afternoon, Welch will visit two sites in Windham County that are hosting floodplain restoration and mitigation projects.
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