City breaks ground on years-awaited Red Hook Coastal Resiliency flood protections * Brooklyn Paper

"Officials on Tuesday broke ground on the years-in-the-making Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project, a series of flood walls and other measures meant to protect the low-lying neighborhood from coastal flooding. The $218 million project will line the outer edges of the neighborhood, with almost 1.5 miles of flood walls and eight deployable flood gates along parts of Columbia and Ferris streets near Atlantic Basin and on Beard and Reed streets."

"The area was devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 as floodwaters inundated most of the neighborhood , killing 44 people and destroying dozens of homes and businesses. In 2021, Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on Red Hook, as did the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia in 2023. As climate change causes sea levels to rise and brings more frequent, more intense storms,"

The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project will build nearly 1.5 miles of flood walls, eight deployable flood gates, and regrade local streets up to three feet to provide passive flood mitigation. The $218 million effort targets low-lying edges of the neighborhood along Columbia, Ferris, Beard and Reed streets and aims to manage stormwater while preserving neighborhood character. Passive elements include flood walls up to five feet tall and elevated streets; implemented measures will protect against floodwaters up to ten feet above sea level and guard primarily against more frequent 10-year storms rather than a Sandy-scale 100-year event.

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