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Over 150 residents  convened at last month’s Hudson River Project Public Meeting to learn the criteria and metrics that the State of NJ will use to select a design alternative. The presentation modeled the anticipated reduced risks of stormwater flooding. NJDEP Project Team presented five overarching criteria: flood risk reduction, socioeconomic and built environment, benefit-cost […]

A major milestone was passed as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued formal approval for the State of New Jersey to use $230 million in funds to complete the design and construction of the Hudson River: Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge project in Hoboken and parts of Jersey City and Weehawken. Construction

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the winners of the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). HUD will allocate $176 million to New York City, $35.8 million to New York State, $15 million for New Jersey, and over $54 million for Connecticut. Rebuild by Design is excited to congratulate these grantees as they continue working towards

On October 29, 2018, Hoboken was inundated with 500 million gallons of storm surge by Hurricane Sandy. Since then, the City has been working collaboratively with the community, state, and federal partners to reduce the risk of coastal flooding. The City has published Resilient Building Design Guidelines and adopted a flood damage prevention ordinance for

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) recommended a preferred alignment for coastal flood protection infrastructure in Hoboken, Weehawken and Jersey City. Having considered citizen input and its professionals’ expertise regarding feasibility of the three alternatives, the NJDEP recommended an alternative that is expected to reduce flood risk for at least 85% of the

Ministers Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment), Ploumen (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) and Kamp (Economic Affairs) have appointed Henk Ovink as the first Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In his capacity as thematic ambassador, the Special Envoy for International Water Affairs reinforces Dutch ambitions in the water

On November 18, the NYS GOSR held the second CAC meeting for Living Breakwaters and the Tottenville Dune Project, which was open to, and very well attended by, members of the public. GOSR gave an update on the progress of Living Breakwaters’ Design and Geotechnical Survey. Following the update, the meeting largely focused on workshopping a

The State of Connecticut held a Public Hearing and Design Workshop for Resilient Bridgeport. The State presented the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) / Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) followed by an opportunity for the public to provide comments. After the hearing, the State conducted a Design Workshop to focused on the “Head of Park” and

The Project Team for the East Side Coastal Resiliency presented to Community Boards 3 and 6 proposed design changes for flood-risk reduction north of Montgomery St. Among the proposed changes is a plan to connect the proposed flood barrier to the VA hospital’s new inland floodwall at 24th Street instead of 25th Street. Reducing the length of

The City presented East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) preliminary designs to Manhattan Community Board 3’s Parks Committee, where CB3 committee endorsed the project with conditions. The committee urged revised design of curved high fencing atop flood walls and pedestrian overpasses, improved lighting, “aesthetically pleasing” modifications to the proposed flood barrier and other hard infrastructure, sustainable