08/18/2026
This morning NHDES Commissioner Bob Scott and Executive Councilor Janet L. Stevens joined members of the Coastal Program and representatives from the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire on a tour of the Meadow Pond Resiliency Project. This project addresses years of concerns surrounding chronic flooding issues in the state's lowest lying and most vulnerable coastal community.
In 2021, a multi-year Flood Mitigation Analysis confirmed that flooding of the Meadow Pond neighborhood was the result of increasing high tides and stormwater drainage issues due to flat land, deteriorating infrastructure and nowhere for the water to drain.
With the support of NHDES and Executive Councilor Stevens, the Town received $3.3 million dollars in grant funding through the NHDES Critical Flood Risk Infrastructure Grant Program and contributed an additional $1 million dollars of Town funds to complete the project.
To address the flooding issues, a new closed drainage and pumping system was installed for the Meadow Pond neighborhood, including a portion of Kings Highway, Gentian Road, Green Street and Meadow Pond Road. Installation of catch basins at key low points and a new pump station to redirect drainage downstream has proved to be successful in alleviating the routine and dangerous flooding of the area.
To learn more about the Meadow Pond Resiliency Project, visit: https://www.hamptonnhpd.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/411
In ribbon-cutting photo L-R: Jeff Grip (Selectman, Town of Hampton), Tom Bassett (Neighborhood Advocate), Bob Scott (NHDES Commissioner), Janet Stevens (NH Executive Councilor), Jen Hale (Hampton Director of Public Works), Joe Lynch (Hampton Deputy Director of Public Works), Bryan Granese (Contractor, N. Granese and Company).
