Hudson Reporter Archive

Zimmer pens opinion to New York Times: ‘We’re learning to live with water’

HOBOKEN – In an opinion piece to the New York Times this morning Oct. 28, Mayor Dawn Zimmer said “finding a way to live with the river [in Hoboken] is key.”
Just a day before the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s devastating impact on the mile-square city, the mayor outlines ways the city has worked to fend off flooding caused by heavy rain and rising sea levels.
From seismologists, to politicians, and architects, an ongoing Times series offers an array of voices on the matter.
“We are building, and collaborating on, projects that will give flood waters a new path and make our city more resilient,” she writes to the New York Times. “The plan begins with waterfront parks that provide physical defense from storm surges, while bringing more public access to the waterfront. In heavy rain, stormwater can be caught, and stored, in retention basins that will be built under three new ‘resiliency parks.’”
What has changed in Hoboken since the hurricane, and how soon will anti-flooding measures be installed? See our recent cover story, Better Safe Than Sandy, to find out.

Zimmer also highlights a number of other efforts that have been in the works since the super storm. Read it at www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/10/28/three-years-after-sandy-are-coastal-communities-safer.

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