Four neighborhoods in New York City will soon receive new, anti-flooding infrastructure to manage stormwater during intense rainfall.
The neighborhoods in the program’s expansion are Corona and Kissena Park in Queens, Parkchester in the Bronx, and East New York in Brooklyn.Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced $390 million in city and federal funds for the program expansion.The city’s Department of Environmental Protection plans to install infrastructure that will absorb, store, and transfer stormwater to prevent flooding during extreme rainfall in a short period of time, otherwise known as a cloudburst.
The Cloudburst program will use both grey and green infrastructure, such as porous concrete, rain gardens, and infiltration bases. “These Cloudburst sites provide vital and commonsense infrastructure to hold rainwater from heavy and sudden storms, sparing our streets and properties from flooding,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. “These projects aim to build off of the growing number of green infrastructure efforts already implemented throughout the city.”
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