DOD Funding Will Retrofit Off-Site Base Access Routes Likely To Be Cut Off By Rising Oceans
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Though the last Congress largely punted on dealing with climate change, a specific bipartisan consensus emerged, where legislators agreed that military resilience was important. Two of the key legislative changes were led last year, in part, by two of Virginia's Congressional members -- U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, and former U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, a Virginia Beach Republican.
Taylor, who lost a bid for re-election last fall to Democrat Elaine Luria, authored an amendment that allows the Defense Department to pay for repairs to roads damaged by recurrent flooding and sea level rise or that mitigate the threat in the future. When proposing the change, Taylor said he had roads like Hampton Boulevard in mind. Research shows that the main road to Naval Station Norfolk could start flooding daily by 2050.
Often, there is a mutual interest between communities and nearby bases, Taylor said. Most in the armed forces live off base, and military installations are often key drivers of local economies.
So, it makes sense that the two would work together -- because if sailors can't get to a base, he said, the community won't have one for very long. The idea, he said, is to give the Department of Defense the chance to defend critical assets in the community, which was largely prohibited before.
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/02/08/dod-could-start-funding-base-infrastructure-fixes-sea-level-rise.html
