The city is raising shorelines and building protective gates to prevent future flooding and storm surges from impacting residents.
New York City celebrated the completion of the first section of a coastal flood barrier on the Lower East Side. The 2.4-mile East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project is designed to protect roughly 110,000 LES residents from a projected ‘100-year’ storm.
According to an article in CityLand, “The East Side Coastal Resiliency adds two feet of elevation should sea levels rise through raised parkland, floodwalls, berms, and 18 swinging or sliding flood gates. In February 2022, the first floodgate was installed in the northern section.”
According to Mayor Eric Adams, the project was finished “two months ahead of schedule and $10 million under budget.” Together with the Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Resilience, the project will protect 3.22 miles of urban shoreline from storm surges and flooding.
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