Woodbridge Awarded $28K Sandy Recovery Grant

Woodbridge has received a $28,000 Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grant for the purpose of developing a long-range plan to better withstand future severe weather events. 

According to a press release from the state Department of Community Affairs, Woodbridge received $28,000 and South River received $10,000 to put toward their respective plans.

The money can be used for "community development and neighborhood plans, development of design standards specific to flood hazard areas, and development of codes, ordinances, standards and regulations necessary to implementing plans for resiliency and mitigation," according to the release.

The Post-Sandy Planning Assistance Grants pull from a pool of $5 million in federal funds, and are available to towns in the nine counties in New Jersey hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy. 

“The grants will enable Woodbridge and South River to develop Strategic Recovery Planning Reports to serve as the local government’s primary guide for actions they take moving forward to recover from Sandy and to reduce their vulnerability to future disasters,” Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III said in a prepared statement. “They will also assist these towns in identifying ways to encourage sustainable economic growth.”