New Minnesota Task Force To Focus On Infrastructure Resiliency In Face Of More Severe Weather

By Caroline Cummings, CBS Minnesota

September 26, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new panel charged with evaluating strategies to curb the impacts of severe weather on infrastructure in Minnesota met for the first time Monday, beginning their work of drafting recommendations to present to the state legislature next year.

Members of the Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force over the next few months will work on how state and local partners can better coordinate with each other as they respond to damaging storms, rains, winds and snowfall that can tear up roads, bridges, wastewater systems and more.

Rep. Erin Koegel, DFL-Spring Lake Park, who is chair of the group, said many communities are taking good steps to mitigate the impacts, but that work is happening "in silos." She hopes the panel will create a clearinghouse of sorts that can get everyone on the same page.

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