"We've seen the images of flooded basements, impassable intersections, and families worrying every time the forecast calls for a storm. That fear is unacceptable."
"The four most intense rainstorms in all of New York's history have taken place in the last four years and two months."
"This work means faster drainage, new rain gardens, restored wetlands and nature-based flood protections that keep homes and streets dry."
City agencies will invest $50 million in Prospect Park to build Brooklyn's first Bluebelt, a nature-based stormwater management system scheduled for completion by 2032. The project will create faster drainage, rain gardens, restored wetlands, and the ability to lower the park lake before storms to prevent street and basement flooding. The upgrades aim to protect surrounding neighborhoods that experience drainage backups and waterlogged streets after intense storms. The move responds to an observed rise in extreme rainfall events, including Tropical Storm Ophelia, and concerns that park landscape changes over 150 years have worsened flooding.
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