New York’s $95 million flood plan will turn parks, schoolyards and streets into hidden stormwater storage, an underground defence against extreme rainfall
- Beneath parks, schoolyards, parking areas and other public spaces, New York is planning to create underground storage capable of holding stormwater before it overwhelms the sewer network.
- According to NYC Gov, the $95 million Homecrest project is part of a wider shift in how the city prepares for increasingly intense rainfall, using everyday public spaces as part of the drainage system rather than relying entirely on pipes and sewers.
- The project will cover roughly 350 acres around some of the neighbourhood’s most flood-prone streets and is designed for storms that can drop more than two inches
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- Beneath parks, schoolyards, parking areas and other public spaces, New York is planning to create underground storage capable of holding stormwater before it overwhelms the sewer network.
- According to NYC Gov, the $95 million Homecrest project is part of a wider shift in how the city prepares for increasingly intense rainfall, using everyday public spaces as part of the drainage system rather than relying entirely on pipes and sewers.
- The project will cover roughly 350 acres around some of the neighbourhood’s most flood-prone streets and is designed for storms that can drop more than two inches
Sources: Times of India