The Patch: It’s down to three choices, Hoboken. City administrators announced that the NJ DEP will host a community meeting on Feb. 18 to introduce the “three build alternatives” that have emerged in Hoboken’s $230 million effort to reduce flooding in the municipality. … Exactly where the barriers might be placed – and how high they […]
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The Patch: Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer gave the annual State of the City address on Wednesday. Did you miss Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s State of the City address on Wednesday evening? Here are the mayor’s prepared remarks as provided to Patch by city spokesman Juan Melli prior to the address. Editor’s Note: The following statements
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February 10, 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Our Lady Help of Christians23 Summit StreetStaten Island, NYUnited States Please join the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, the Living Breakwaters and Tottenville Dune design teams and the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) for the third Living Breakwaters Community Advisory Committee meeting. All members of the public are
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SciDev.Net: Listen to Henk Ovink featured on this week’s podcast. This interview was recorded this week at Creation from catastrophe: How architecture rebuilds communities, an exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, United Kingdom. “Water is one of our most pressing global risks,” says Henk Ovink, special envoy for international water affairs
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CNN: Listen to Henk Ovink, who is harnessing the Netherlands’ long-built-up knowledge managing water. Watch video
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HUD Grant Will Improve Shoreline Infrastructure in New Haven and Bridgeport Governor Dannel P. Malloy today joined Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein and members of the state’s congressional delegation to announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a $54 million grant the state applied for
New York Times: Federal housing officials will award about $281 million to the New York region, including the states of Connecticut and New Jersey, to better protect communities from natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy. The single largest award in the contest, $176 million, will go to New York City to help build a new flood protection system
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13 states/communities to receive funding for resilient infrastructure and housing projects Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and the Rockefeller Foundation announced the winners of the $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). Secretary Castro traveled to Norfolk, Virginia where he joined Governor Terry McAuliffe in announcing the winners
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The Resilient Bridgeport team is kicking off the new year with the “Design Conditions Workshop” in Bridgeport and New Haven, where the team will document potential pilot project sites, and work to establish the engineering and design principles that will be the foundation for the team’s efforts moving forward. The team will also be reviewing and advancing their
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Curbed: Lower Manhattan will receive $176 million in funds for flood protection, the New York Times reports.While the specifics of what this protection entails has not yet been decided, the funds, awarded to city by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will cover the shoreline stretching from Montgomery Street on the Lower East Side to the tip
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