Civil and Municipal - Jan 22

39 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 from a gravity-driven system to a pump- driven system. These improvements all have a tumbledown effect, leading to the need for even more infrastructure upgrades. Samimy acknowledges, “There is a whole host of questions. What do you do with the roadways in order to complement the stormwater system? Do you keep them the same or elevate them a little bit in certain areas? Then, what do you do with the hardening of the electrical and telecommunications infrastructure?” The village administration also has to address shoreline protection, looking at safeguarding the village from both the ocean and bay sides. On the ocean side, they have a natural beach system that needs reinforcement and on the bay side they have 6.9 miles of privately owned seawalls, many of which need to be improved and raised. “That’s also connected to the stormwater system KEY B I SCAYNE , FLOR IDA Dr. Roland Samimy, Key Biscayne’s Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer Village Manager, Steve Williamson Photo Courtesy of Village of Key Biscayne