| Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation authorizing over $2.4 billion in capital allocations for investments in safeguarding residents, municipalities and businesses from the impacts of climate change, protecting environmental resources and improving recreational opportunities.
About $290 million of “An Act Promoting Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental and Natural Resource Protection and Investment in Recreational Assets and Opportunity” will fund improvements and repairs to dams and seawalls and to implement diverse coastal resiliency strategies after last year’s storms.
Another $100 million will implement the commonwealth’s Integrated State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan.
