The Press of Atlantic City: Dutch flood control expert Edgar J. Westerhof stood in front of hundreds of floodplain managers at Bally’s Atlantic City on Wednesday and showed an aerial photo of an intensely developed Atlantic City, from the ocean to the bay. “Is this a coastal calamity in slow motion?” he asked the crowd attending […]
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Improvements to three dams within Hempstead Lake State Park will be the first project of the the Living with the Bay program, beginning construction in January 2019. The proposed project would remove vegetation, including approximately 2,500 trees, from the dam faces and throughout the project areas. This will restore the operation of the dams and
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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued its Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Meadowlands Project. The NJDEP is recommending Alternative 3 as the Preferred Alternative. The Proposed Project’s combination of both coastal and inland flooding reduction will constitute the most holistic flood reduction strategy for the five affected municipalities on the Hackensack River. The
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CityLab: In nearly every major coastal city on Earth, elected officials are going Dutch—placing their faith and the future of their communities in the hands of Dutch engineering firms who are exporting their brand of climate adaptation to anyone that will listen. In the United States, their ideas have dominated the recovery and rebuilding efforts that
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Hunts Point residents spoke in favor of New York City’s new plan to generate backup electricity for the Food Distribution Center in their neighborhood. To sustain operations during flood emergencies, the City plans a combined heat and power micro-grid, which will generate backup electricity and redirect waste heat into heating and cooling portions of the center.
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On October 16, 2018, the City of Athens formally announced the Lycabettus Program; a plan to revitalize Athens’ urban forest and central landmark. In a press conference and event later in the evening, Mayor Kaminis of Athens discussed the urgency of the program and the unique interdisciplinary approach behind it. The afternoon press conference at
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Tottenville residents walked the Staten Island shoreline with the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery to visualize how the Living Breakwaters and the Tottenville Shoreline Protection Project are being designed to increase resilience, improve the environment, and enhance social engagement. The walk helped residents visualize the heights of the proposed shoreline treatments and breakwaters. Both projects’
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NY 1: A new plan to prevent flooding in Lower Manhattan is not going over well with some residents. They voiced their concerns at a community meeting Thursday night. The revised $1.4 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project would raise the area from East 13th Street to Montgomery Street by eight to 10 inches. The East
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Thursday October 11, 20186:30 p.m.BRC Senior Services Center30 Delancey Street (Between Chrystie & Forsyth Streets)Manhattan, New York NEW YORK CITY REVISES EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTNew York City announced plans to revise the Eastside Coastal Resiliency Project by raising all 40 acres of the East River Park at the water’s edge instead of building protective barriers
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New York City plans to reduce flood risk along Manhattan’s East River waterfront by raising all 40 acres of East River Park at the water’s edge instead of building protective barriers inland as originally proposed to the community. The City expects the change will cut construction by six months, providing flood protection prior to the 2023
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