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Nassau County announces $20M flood protection initiatives

Five South Shore projects breaking ground ahead of 2022 completion

Nassau County announces $20M flood protection initiatives
Silver Lake Park in Baldwin, NY and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (Google Maps, NassauCountyNY.gov)

Nassau County has unveiled the next set of projects aimed at preventing the type of catastrophic damage that Hurricane Ida wreaked on parts of Long Island.

Officials announced $20 million in construction projects along the South Shore on Tuesday to mitigate potential flooding. Ground is expected to break on all of the projects this month and be completed by 2022, according to WABC.

At Silver Lake Park in Baldwin, work is already underway to elevate the perimeter walkway and reinforce outlooks with brick pavers. The shoreline will be reinforced with bulkheads, boulders and vegetation, while self-regulating tidal gates will be installed. The work is expected to cost $1.95 million.

Elsewhere, pipe improvements will be made in Lawrence by installing check valves and increasing pipe diameters to mitigate flooding at intersections and along the local golf course. The nearly $9.2 million price tag is the largest among the five projects.

Part of the drainage system in Bay Park and East Rockaway will be reconstructed for approximately $6.1 million. A stormwater pumping station will be installed in Cedarhurst to help protect Peninsula Boulevard for greater than $2.1 million. Drainage improvements are also coming to Lido Beach for at least $1.2 million.

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Superstorm Sandy caused approximately $65 billion of damage along Long Island’s South Shore in October 2012. Since then, Nassau County has taken steps to mitigate future risk, commissioning a study on other ways to protect the area. The study said the shore is at risk of $1 billion in damage annually without flood improvements.

On the same day these five initiatives were announced, the U.S. Army Corps revealed its own proposal to elevate 14,000 homes along the shore at a cost of more than $3 billion. That plan is subject to local review and Congressional approval.

The bulk of damage from Hurricane Ida occurred in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, totaling between $16 billion to $24 billion in losses, according to a study released earlier this month by CoreLogic.

CoreLogic’s David Smith said the storm would have devastated New York City further if the area hadn’t made structural improvements and additions after Hurricane Sandy, The Real Deal previously reported.

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[WABC] — Holden Walter-Warner

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