Fight the Flood Program Investment in Middle Peninsula Flood Protection

$44,506,804

in direct loans and grants and counting (2020 to July 1, 2024 and counting) 


235 Applications Submitted Requesting $159,059,924 for Middle Peninsula Flood Protection from 2020 to July 1, 2024
  • 2024 - 58 Applications Submitted Requesting $104,378,663
  • 2023 - 44 Applications Submitted Requesting $14,386,148
  • 2022 - 92 Applications Submitted Requesting $28,131,659
  • 2021 - 31 Applications Submitted Requesting $11,009,109
  • 2020 - 10 Applications Submitted Requesting $1,154,345


Annual Flood Protection Investment Level Totals awarded via Fight the Flood
  • 2024 - 14 Applications Awarded Totaling $17,372,091
  • 2023 - 23 Applications Awarded Totaling $6,399,457
  • 2022 - 23 Applications Awarded Totaling $13,612,148
  • 2021 - 19 Applications Awarded Totaling $5,968,763
  • 2020 - 10 Applications Awarded Totaling $1,154,345


Active FTF Awarded Grants
  • Severn River Captain Sinclairs Shoreline Protection Award: $200,000
  • Ware River Award - Multi parcel Private Shoreline Reach Protection Project: Award:  $160,000
  • North River Award - Targeted High Erosion Private  Shoreline Protection:  Award $220,000
  • Middlesex County - DCR Community Flood Preparedness Grant Fund Award to address littoral shift of sand due to changing geomorphological conditions driven by climate  change and storm surge:  $44,000


VRA - Loan Funding For Living Shorelines

$250K - VRA Loan Closed

$250K - VRA Loan Closed

Gloucester County
4 loans made:  935 Linear Feet 
Total Loans:  $265,731

Middlesex County
2 loans made:  182 Linear Feet
Total Loans:  $180,018

Mathews County  
3 loans made:  998 Linear Feet  
Total Loans:  $111,272

Total - $557,021 (*loan forgiveness)


Loan Funds Available

$3,000,000

VRA Loan Funds for living shoreline construction and septic systems repair. Program Funds Anticipated January 2022


MPPDC-DEQ Grant Funds Available for Shoreline Protection

$120,000

Open for $20,000 Grants January 2021 Hurricane Florence Living Shoreline Grants for sections of Mathews County


RISE Rural Coastal Resiliency Business Competation

$1,500,000

Million Rural Coastal Community Resilience Challenge:
https://riseresilience.org/rural-resilience-challenge/


US Department of Transportation RAISE

$2,018,476

Designing Multimodal Working Waterfronts to combat flooding and other stressors on waterfront infrastructure


Vertically Elevated Next Generation Residential Septic System Pilot

$130,000

Grant Virginia General Assembly to design and build next general septic to combat flooding


Virginia Housing - Next Generation Waterfront Residential House Design and Build

$1,000,000

Grant for housing production for the next generation of waterfront homes fighting flooding


Virginia Waterways Maintenance Fund

$1,500,000

Grant for dredging work and beach restoration work for resiliency Mathews County


Virginia Coastal Zone Management Next Generation Shoreline Battle Plans

$100,000

For development of shoreline plans to direct future spending


Middle Peninsula Dredging Studies for Shoreline and Channel Protection

Middle Peninsula Dredging Business Plan - $297,000

Middle Peninsula Dredging Design/Studies to make projects “Shovel ready”

  • Cedarbush Creek                                $175,000
  • Parrots Creek                                      $150,000
  • Winter Harbor                                    $150,000
  • Hole In the Wall                                 $129,395
  • Davis Creek                                        $132,128
  • Aberdeen Creek                                 $117,528
  • Timberneck                                        $115,328


Pending Applications

Applications Submitted to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Virginia Community Flood Protection Program
37 Applications Submitted under Round 1 and Round 2 to the Department of Conservation nd Recreation requesting $2,390,767 in need

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