Senator Angus King visited Saco City Hall last week, and took part in a roundtable discussion on this winter’s coastal storm damage in Southern Maine.

 This regional meeting of city officials consisted of city staff leadership, emergency management directors, chamber of commerce directors, and elected officials from coastal communities including Saco, Biddeford, Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Kittery.

Participants took the opportunity to discuss damage from the historic January storms, sharing familiar stories of flooding, erosion, and property/infrastructure damage. The group also discussed details of related issues our communities are facing, like climate resilience for wastewater treatment plants, future planning vs. immediate needs, ongoing local and regional climate action planning processes, increasing stormwater flow, commercial fishing and tourism impacts, flood insurance, federal aid, beach erosion, and more.

"It was an honor and privilege to host Senator King and his staff as well as surrounding coastal communities to discuss the effects of the recent storm damage,” said Mayor Jodi MacPhail.

Saco will also host a Saco Climate Plan Information Session, with details on the ongoing climate adaptation and action planning process at 5:30 p.m., March 6 at City Hall.

Led by the Planning Department, residents attend the meeting in-person or watch the live-stream on Saco's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/sacomaine or YouTube channel at

www.youtube.com/cityofsacoTV  For more event details, and to RSVP:

https://www.facebook.com/events

Learn more about Saco’s climate planning process on Saco's website:

www.sacomaine.org/climate