The mayors of Hartford and East Hartford will join the commander of New England’s Army Corps of Engineers and a congressman on separate tours Tuesday of both community’s riverfront levees, authorities say.
Mayor Pedro E. Segarra, Col. Charles P. Samaris and Congressman John B. Larson also will discuss the viability of the Connecticut River levee systems in Hartford and East Hartford and Hartford, Larson’s office announced Monday.
Floods are some of the most common and costly types of natural disasters. The annual rise in water levels that occur during the Spring bring about a timely opportunity to highlight the importance of the levee system protecting riverfront Hartford and East Hartford, Larson said in a statement.
Larson also is due to meet at 9:45 a.m. with East Hartford Mayor Marcia A. Leclerc and Samaris to visit that town’s side of the levee.
Afterwards, he and Samaris will meet with Segarra to tour the Hartford side, at 11:15 a.m.
