Earlier this year, elected officials and concerned locals gathered at Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer Street) in order to hear about how a major new plan designed to mitigate flooding would affect Greenpoint. Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented their findings from the NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, which included a plan to create flood barriers, levees, and seawalls along the New York and New Jersey shorelines.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Must “Holistically” Review Plan to Implement 15 Ft. Seawall in Greenpoint
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“Inelegant”? I woud use the phrase “bull in a china shop” instead for this plan. We eed to coordinate the spending of these billions of doloars with other needs of the community as well. For exampe a bariaer will likley impede the already onadequate natural tidal flushing of polutted Newown Creek, kaking it worse, at te same time we are spending billions THERe ot clean up the creek. And what about the ways this umpacts the India SreetGery/ Nottp mention the fact that if water is diverted in flood, where is it diverted to. Are we making the flodding potential grater in southern Grenpoint or :IC? Indeeed we need a “hoistic “ approach, istead of simply buildig walls on the waterfront.