Hoboken, NJ is piloting four Hudson River flood projects: Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge
Hoboken, NJ project aiming to prevent river flooding
This project prevents Hudson River flooding with four pilot programs: Resist uses hard infrastructure and soft landscaping features. Delay uses urban green infrastructure. Store improves existing green and grey infrastructure. Discharge improves the existing stormwater system.
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NJ: Hudson River Project: Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge | Rebuild By Design
Hoboken is the fourth densest city in the U.S. Once a blue collar industrial and manufacturing city, it is becoming a bedroom community of NYC’s central business districts. Since large parts of Hoboken were once marshland and a filled-in island, the city is susceptible to flash floods and storm surges, even from minor storms. Hurricane Sandy flooded much of the city, disrupting the primary transit hub for over 50,000 people, and demonstrating the consequences of such vulnerabilities.
NJDEP-Flood Hazard Risk Reduction Measures-Rebuild by Design-Hudson River
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-Bureau of Flood Resilience-Rebuild by Design-Hudson River
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Office of the Governor | Governor Murphy and DEP Announce Major Step Forward for the Rebuild By Design Project
Governor Murphy and DEP Announce Major Step Forward for the Rebuild By Design Project
NJDEP - News Release 17/101 - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Releases $230 Million for Hudson River Flood-resilience Project
NJDEP-News Release 17/P101 - The construction of a flood-resistance system to protect Hoboken as well as parts of Weehawken and Jersey City moved another step forward with the federal government�s release of $230 million in project funding, the Departments of Environmental Protection and Community Affairs announced today.
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