Stonington works to fortify working waterfront infrastructure [Video]

STONINGTON, Maine — Stonington Town Manager Kathleen Billings has the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 2016 100-year flood map tacked on the wall above her desk. Eight years later, she is leading her town in efforts to fortify the community’s infrastructure against the warming and rising tides.

In early August, the town presented the first three projects of its climate resiliency plan. The first is to raise a 400-foot stretch of Oceanville Road by 4 feet.

Dale Haley’s home and business are just beyond where the construction will occur. Haley has been there since 1987 but said he hasn’t seen storms quite like the ones that hit coastal communities in January.

“Well, it was unreal, really,” he said. “We’ve had surges before, but nothing like that.”

The second project is to take place at Fifield …