Money Leftover from Superstorm Sandy Repairs Now Funding Parks in Queens

A boardwalk reconstruction project in Roackaway Beach, funded by FEMA after Superstorm Sandy, has money leftover. The public is invited to help decide how the money gets used.

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December 29, 2016, 11:00 AM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


The Rockaway Beach Boardwalk

The state of the Rockaway Beach Boardwalk shortly after Superstorm Sandy. | John Huntington / Shutterstock

"Residents can send along their thoughts on a wish list of Parks Department projects to be paid for by up to $120 million left over from the ​federally-funded boardwalk reconstruction project [in New York's Rockaway Beach]," according to an article by Katie Honan.

Nine projects are on the table, including "a renovation of Bayswater Park, a raise shoreline in Edgemere to mitigate flooding, new amenities at the Rockaway Community Park in Edgemere and a kayak launch at Thursby Basin in Arverne."

More details and the rest of the proposed projects are detailed in the Rockaway Parks Conceptual Plan.

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