Mayor's Long-Term Storm Prep Plan Heavy On Barriers

by NY1News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon outlined a broad, 430 page report on how the city should prepare for the effects of future storms due to climate change.

Speaking at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the mayor said his plan, titled "A Stronger, More Resilient New York", was developed following months of input gathered by a task force he set up after Hurricane Sandy.

By mid-century, Mayor Bloomberg says up to a quarter of the city's waterfronts will be in the flood plane, effecting some 800,000 residents.

Among the mayor's 250 plus recommendations to prevent storm-driven flood damage are to expand sand dunes and install permanent levees and floodwalls in areas such as the east shore of Staten Island.

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