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Don't Forget: Oct. 13 is the Next Public Meeting on Red Hook Flood Protection
City officials want public input on the Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection Feasibility Study that's underway.
RED HOOK, BROOKLYN — The city's Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency (ORR) will host their next public meeting on the Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection Feasibility Study on Oct. 13, Community Board 6 has confirmed.
The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at P.S. 15, located at 71 Sullivan St. City officials will update the public on their progress analyzing possible flood protection systems, and residents will have a chance to make suggestions and ask questions. The meeting will be translated into Spanish, and childcare will be provided.
P.S. 15 is wheelchair accessible. If you need any additional accommodation, you can contact Rachel Finkelstein 72 hours before the meeting by calling 212-676-3150, or by emailing rfinkelstein@cityhall.nyc.gov.
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The city is currently studying what kind of flood protection systems can be built on or around the Red Hook peninsula.
A total of $100 million in funding has already been dedicated to the project, with $50 million contributed by both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). However, the city's eventual design could exceed that budget, staffers have said.
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At a recent CB6 meeting, ORR staffer Jessica Colon outlined three hypothetical levels of protection, as shown in the below diagram: one placed along the Red Hook shoreline, and two situated further inland. The protection itself is likely to take a variety of forms, and involve technologies like walls and berms.
(Note: city staffers stressed that the diagram they displayed is for conceptual purposes, and doesn't represent already established scenarios being considered by city officials.)
Image via ORR
The city held its last public meeting on its flood protection study in April. Officials say they want to finish examining the issue early next year so they can move forward with the task of crafting a flood protection design.
Top image courtesy of NYEDC
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