The Army Corps has a separate $16 billion plan to build gates that could stop storm tides from surging up inlets and bays behind the Jersey Shore. Construction would start in 2030 at the earliest, with projected completion in 2044 if all is approved and funded. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a $52 billion proposal to build tidal gates and storm surge barriers to protect parts of New York and northern New Jersey. “Solely relying on hard infrastructure and gray infrastructure, like concrete and steel, to erect things to keep out nature is challenging,” he said. “Because the challenges we face are very widespread and can vary - they might deal with something like long-term sea level rise or being prepared for a big storm shock like Sandy - I think we’re at real risk of it showing up in a slightly different way, and we won’t have the defenses in place to handle that,” said Andrew Salkin, who co-founded New York-based nonprofit Resilient Cities Catalyst. It’s a common concern among environmental advocates and other experts: Each project may offer a solution to a singular issue while creating new problems, especially where climate change is involved. The project proceeded despite criticism that it cut too many mature trees. It’s one phase of a ring of planned flood barriers and levees dubbed “The Big U.” Completion isn’t expected for years. The project involves bulldozing around 1,000 trees and a waterfront park, then rebuilding it and a 1.2-mile-long (1.9 kilometer) floodwall on top of tons of fill.
In New York, work began last year on a $1.5 billion effort to protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side by raising the East River shoreline about 8 feet. 29, 2012, it touched off a rethinking on not just rebuilding the region, but on the effect of a warming planet and rising seas for all plans.
When Sandy made landfall just north of Atlantic City on Oct. The so-called 100-year storms and the Category 4 and 5 hurricanes are happening more frequently.” “We have to think of more sustainable ways to live along the coast,” said Greg Tolley, executive director of the Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Experts nationwide say hurricanes like Ian set off a familiar cycle: Another round of evaluations follows each storm, adding to the list of needed work, from the overhaul of aging inland stormwater management systems to infrastructure projects to address climate change concerns.
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