Monday on a $200 million project to raise the waterfront and protect it from sea level rise — part of an investment worth billions of dollars in shielding Lower Manhattan from the effects of climate change in the coming decades.
Construction is set to be completed by the middle of 2026, around the same time other major resiliency projects near the Brooklyn Bridge and along the waterfront East River Park are expected to reach the finish line. They are all part of the overarching Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency project, which is expected to cost up to $7 billion when completed but would ostensibly save the city billions more by protecting people and infrastructure from storm surge.
“This is the single largest urban climate adaptation project in the nation,” said Hizzoner. “And it will lay groundwork to protect our city’s future.”