Grill of the city
Jim Popes III
Director of Sustainability, US East Domestic
AECOM
Pappas says resilience and sustainability work, along with low-carbon materials, are an important aspect of projects in the area. He says the Federal Highway Administration’s $1.2 billion low-carbon building materials grant “has many states looking to research and deploy low-carbon building materials to further reduce carbon emissions beyond the carbon reduction work contemplated in the planning and design of the projects”.
Among other regional projects, Pappas points to the Wilmington Riverfront Transportation Infrastructure Project. It aims to improve the connectivity of the waterfront area through multimodal avenues. It also includes stormwater management by adding drainage outfalls, tide control valves and 2 feet of clean fill below the proposed transportation improvements. In addition, the project would repair an existing bulkhead and build a new one.
The project received a $17 million grant from the United States Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Program.
