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ACTION PLAN

The Action Plan identifies key strategies for increasing resilience in the Raritan River and Bay Region and outlines a roadmap for implementation. It is the culmination of the Milestone Reports provided below and integrates findings and feedback from each of those reports. Check out our Action Plan page for an overview of the document.

RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN

IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK

APPENDICES

MILESTONE REPORTS (in order of development)

About Our Region report
Click any of the following links to download the report in your preferred language.
English | Español

Visioning Report
English

Flood Impact Assessment
Main Body

Appendices

APPENDIX A:
RRBC Flood Impact Assessment Methodology (PDF)
Attachment A: Data Sources (xlsx)
APPENDIX B:
NJDEP Risk Assessment Methodology (pdf)
NJDEP Modeling Methodology (pdf)
APPENDIX C:
RRBC Model Updates (pdf)
APPENDIX D:
NJDEP Asset Assessment Table (xlsx)
Critical Asset Inventory Database (zip)
Scoring of All Critical Assets (xlsx)
APPENDIX E:
Flood Impact Summary Tables (pdf)

OUTREACH & EDUCATION

Educational Video Series

View the series on Youtube using the links below:

1.What Causes Flooding in Our Region?

2.Flood Risk and Resilience Planning

3.What Can You Do to Prepare For and Respond to Flooding?

Poster Boards

Click on the links below to download the interactive boards. These can be used at events or hung in public spaces and people can interact using markers, post-its, or stickers, for example.

Climate Change Science Experiments
Click any of the following links to download the experiments in your preferred language.
English | Español

High Water Mark Signs

These signs show the flood depths experienced during Hurricane Sandy and the future coastal storm flood depths modeled through Resilient NJ. Click the links below to view the signs for the respective municipalities.

Perth Amboy | Woodbridge

Flood Risk Post Cards

These post cards show flood mapping developed for Resilient NJ for each municipality and possible losses from flood events if further action is not taken. Information is provided in English and Spanish.

Flood Insurance Fact Sheet

Click either of the links below to download the fact sheet to learn more about flood insurance and when you are required or recommended to have it.

English | Español

GENERAL INFORMATION

Resilient NJ Raritan River and Bay Communities Project Video

This video introduces our Action Plan development process. View it on our Youtube channel.

Resilience Strategies Toolbox

View and download the toolbox here.

DATA

Resilient RRBC relied heavily on publicly available datasets to understand environmental and infrastructure conditions in the region, to conduct the flood impact assessment and climate hazards assessment, and for other technical analyses to develop the Action Plan. The Data Dictionary included in the Excel file below provides a list of datasets that were used by Resilient RRBC along with several that were developed through the project and are available for your use. The table provides descriptions for each dataset and indicates whether the data are available from a public online portal (and provides the link) or through the download links below. The description and data source columns of the table clarify whether the dataset was something used or developed by the project team.

Data Dictionary (Excel)

Data files for download
Most datasets used by Resilient RRBC are linked in the Data Dictionary above. Click the links below for several datasets for which links are not available or that were modified or developed by Resilient RRBC. See the Data Dictionary for detail on the sources of the below datasets.

Past and Ongoing resiliency projects

Woodbridge Floodplain Management Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Woodbridge
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
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“My Mobility Plan” (guide for Seniors’ transportation)
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Keep Middlesex Moving
Municipality – All
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Decision Document Area 10 Former Raritan Arsenal Edison, New Jersey ACOE
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – US Army Corps of Engineers
Municipality – Lower Raritan River
Click here to read more

Decision Document Areas 9 and 19 Former Raritan Arsenal Edison, New Jersey ACOE
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – US Army Corps of Engineers
Municipality – Lower Raritan River
Click here to read more

A Watershed-Based Approach to Flood Hazard Mitigation in the Raritan Region
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Flood management
Click here to read more

Changes to Municipal Land Use Law
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJ Future
Municipality – All
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Managing the Retreat from the Rising Seas: Woodbridge Township, New Jersey: Post-Hurricane Sandy Buyouts
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Georgtown Climate Center
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Middlesex Selection and Implementation of Alternatives LTCP
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County, Perth Amboy
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Stormwater management
Click here to read more

NJ Scientific Report on Climate Change
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDEP
Municipality – All
Category – Climate change
Click here to read more

Old Bridge Master Plan Reexamination Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Old Bridge
Municipality – Old Bridge
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

South River Flooding, Neighborhood Change, Resilience, and Health
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – South River
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

2019 New Jersey State Hazard Mitigation Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJ OEM (Office of Emergency Management)
Municipality – All
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
Click here to read more

Lower Raritan/Middlesex County Water Quality Management Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDEP
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Water Quality Plan
Click here to read more

Middlesex County Route 529 Corridor Study
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Transportation Planning
Click here to read more

New Jersey’s Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms: Report of the 2019 Science and Technical Advisory Pane
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Flood risk
Click here to read more

NY/NJ Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Interim Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – USACE, NJDEP
Municipality – All
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Overview of State Coastal Management Policies Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Resilience Strategies Case Studies Local Options/Local Actions
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJ Future
Municipality – All
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2, Resilience Chapter
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Sustainable Raritan River Initiative (SRRI)
Municipality – All
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Resiliency Plan Element for Perth Amboy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Flood Hazard Area Control Act Technical Manual
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDEP
Municipality – All
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Opportunities to Advance Wetlands Migration Pathway Protection
Category – Report
Click here to read more

Planning and Technical Support for GI in LTCPs Perth Amboy Case Study
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – eDesign Dynamics
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Green Infrastructure
Click here to read more

Preliminary Evaluation of the Physical Influences of Storm Surge Barriers on the HRE
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Hudson River Foundation
Municipality – All
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Action Agenda
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary, Harbor & Estuary Program
Municipality – All
Click here to read more

Building Ecological Solutions to Coastal Community Hazards Guide
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NWF, NJDEP
Municipality – All
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Floodplain Restoration in Residential Neighborhoods Damaged by Superstorm Sandy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Middlesex County Needs Assessment
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – JRF, PRAB
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Old Bridge Coastal Vulnerability Assessment and Getting to Resilience
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Old Bridge
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Plan 2045 Connecting North Jersey
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – All
Category – Transportation Planning
Click here to read more

Sayreville Borough: Open Space and Floodplain Restoration Plan Middlesex County, New Jersey
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Municipality – Sayreville
Click here to read more

Route 1 Redevelopment Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Heyer Gruel, Woodbridge
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

South Amboy Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – City of South Amoby, HGA
Municipality – South Amboy
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Sustainable & Resilient Coastal Communities: A Comprehensive Coastal Hazard Mitigation Strategy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJ Future
Municipality – All
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Assessing New Jersey’s Exposure to Sea-level Rise and Coastal Storms: A Companion Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Flood risk
Click here to read more

Circulation Element For the Perth Amboy Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – BFJ Planning
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

City of Perth Amboy Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Perth Amboy, Urban Engineers
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Supply Sector
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Lower Main Street Redevelopment Plan: Main Street Vision Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – South River
Municipality – South River
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Pedestrian Safety Education and Enforcement Campaign
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – All
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Rudkyk Park Community Accessibility and Expansion Project
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers, Middlesex County Improvement Authority
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Open Space and Flood Plain Restoration Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Township Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Sustainable Jersey, NOAA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Risk Assessment
Click here to read more

Borough of Carteret Municipal Public Access Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Borough of Carteret
Municipality – Carteret
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Floodplain Management in NJ Quick Guide
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJAFM
Municipality – All
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

Middlesex County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2015
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
Click here to read more

Urban Design Plan – 2015
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Ai Yamanaka
Municipality – Sayreville
Introduction: Click to read more
Final Document : Click to read more

Middlesex County: Improving Transit Services and Bicycle-Pedestrian Access on Route 529
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Transportation Planning
Click here to read more

Middlesex HMP Appendix 1: Borough of Carteret
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Borough of Carteret
Municipality – Carteret
Category – Hazard Mitigation Plan
Click here to read more

Middlesex HMP Appendix 15: Township of Old Bridge
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Old Bridge
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
Click here to read more

Middlesex HMP Appendix 16: City of Perth Amboy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
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Middlesex HMP Appendix 19: Borough of Sayreville
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Sayreville
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
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Middlesex HMP Appendix 23: Borough of South River
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – South River
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
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Middlesex HMP Appendix 24: Township of Woodbridge
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Hazard mitigation planning
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NJ Coastal Management Program Section 309 Assessment & Strategy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDEP, NJCMP
Municipality – All
Category – Coastal management
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Green Infrastructure
Click here to read more

Populations Vulnerable to Climate Change in New Jersey: Update of a Statistical Analysis
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers
Municipality – All
Category – Social vulnerability
Click here to read more

Saints Field Neighborhood Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) -HGA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Planning

South River Floodplain Neighborhood Acquisition Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Bignell Planning Consultants (through CDBG-DR)
Municipality – South River
Category – Flood/Stormwater Management
Click here to read more

South Roberts Neighborhood Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – HGA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Planning

Watson-Crampton Neighborhood Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – HGA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Sustainable Community Plan and Climate Action Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Greener by Design
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Sustainability
Click here to read more

Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan (Executive Summary)
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – USACE, PANY&NJ, NYNJ Harbor & Estuary Program
Municipality – All
Category – Flood management
Click here to read more

Middlesex County Annual Report on Transportation
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Middlesex Greenway Access Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County, Rutgers, RPA, NJTPA
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy “Getting to Resilience” Recommendations Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Resiliency
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy Strategic Recovery Planning Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDCA, Maser Consulting
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Disaster Recovery
Click here to read more

South River Strategic Recovery Planning Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Bignell Planning Consultants (through CDBG-DR)
Municipality – South River
Category – Disaster Recovery
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Woodbridge Connect (Bicycle Compatible Roadways Project)
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Sam Schwartz, Woodbridge
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Strategic Recovery Planning Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDCA, HGA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Disaster Recovery
Click here to read more

CDBG-DR Action Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDCA
Municipality – All
Category – Disaster Recovery
Click here to read more

CDBG-DR Citizen Participation Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDCA
Municipality – All
Category – Community Engagement
Click here to read more

Middlesex County Transportation Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Transportation Planning
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy Bay City Transit District Strategy
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Perth Amboy
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Plan 2040
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJTPA
Municipality – All
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Sayreville Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Sayreville
Municipality – Sayreville
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Master Plan: Green Buildings and Environmental Sustainanility Plan Element
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Woodbridge Department of Planning and Development
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Sustainability
Click here to read more

Availability of Chemical Sediment and Water Quality Data for the Tidal Raritan River A report to the Edison Wetlands Association – 2012
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Lisa A. Rodenburg and Songyan Du
Municipality – Lower Raritan River
Click here to view the Report

Route 9 Corridor Transit Linkages Study
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County
Municipality – Sayreville, South River
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

South River Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – South River, Bignell Planning
Municipality – South River
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Watershed Protection and Restoration Plan for Manalapan Brook Watershed
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJWSA, Princeton Hydro, LLC.
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Watershed Protection Plan
Click here to read more

Sustainable Raritan River Collaborative Action Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers University
Municipality – Woodbridge, Perth Amboy
Category – Report
Click here to read more

The State of the Raritan River: A Work in Progress
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers University
Municipality – Middlesex County
Click here to read more

The Sustainable Raritan River Action Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Rutgers University
Municipality – Woodbridge, Perth Amboy
Category – Planning
Click here to read more

Woodbridge Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – HGA
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Main Street Rehabilitation & Transit Village Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Woodbridge
Municipality – Woodbridge
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

Route 9 (Bridge) and 35 Victory Circle Elimination Project
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – NJDOT
Municipality – Sayreville
Category – Transportation
Click here to read more

South Amboy Stormwater Management Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – City of South Amoby
Municipality – South Amboy
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Millstone River Watershed Flood Damage and Mitigation Analysis Report
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Municipality – Middlesex County
Category – Flood management
Click here to read more

Perth Amboy Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Jacobs Environmental, HGA
Municipality – Perth Amboy
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

Raritan Basin: Portrait of a Watershed
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – New Jersey Water Supply Authority

Raritan Riverfront Strategy Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Middlesex County/HDR
Municipality – All
Category – Resilience
Click here to read more

Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan Potential Restoration Opportunities Project Summary Sheets
Municipality – Lower Raritan River
Click here to read more

Carteret Master Plan
Sponsor(s) /Agency(s) – Borough of Carteret
Municipality – Carteret
Category – Master Plan
Click here to read more

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