Five years after new York was hit by hurricane sandy, city officials announced about investing $ 145 million to protect against future hurricanes.
The seven projects announced Sunday include the rise of the shorelines, the addition of embankments to reduce the risk of coastal flooding, as well as the construction of new breakwaters.
According to the mayor of new York bill de Blasio, the main funds are intended for the RockawayPeninsula on long islandthat was particularly devastated by sandy.
Here will strengthen Bayswater Park, a recreational area on the waterfront, Rockaway Community Park, Beach 88th Street and Thursby Basin Park.
In addition, the Governor of the state of new York Andrew Cuomo announced the project on reconstruction of sewage disposal plant Bay Park, which will cost $ 345 million, reports NBC.
Treatment plants were flooded during sandy, causing billions of gallons of sewage got into the bays.
The design is fastened, the now treated wastewater will be redirected along an abandoned aqueduct on Sunrise Highway, about three miles from the ocean, which should reduce pollution at the shore. The aqueduct will also be repaired.
