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The administration is increasing funding for the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program by $7 million, or 35%, to help communities plan, design and construct nature-based solutions to inland flooding.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is providing $7 million from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Climate Mitigation Trust for additional Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) action grants to communities impacted by inland flooding in 2023.
The funds are in addition to the $20 million allocated for MVP action grants in the fiscal 2025 Capital Investment Plan.
The action grants will fund nature-based solutions such as the planning, design and construction of green stormwater infrastructure and stream and wetland restoration projects that reduce the risk of flooding.
In December, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs received the largest response to date to its request for expressions of interest from cities, towns, regional groups and tribes for MVP action grants. The office received 196 EOIs, compared to 155 the previous year.
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced the additional MVP funding during the MMA Annual Meeting on Jan. 20 in Boston.