RED HOOK — Red Hook ecology and waterfront activist group PortSide NewYork will be holding an online community meeting Monday, March 20, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ controversial storm resiliency plan for Brooklyn’s waterfront in order to discuss alternatives and coordinate opposition efforts. The meeting will feature presentations from a Belgian engineering firm on non-disruptive flood control measures and from a nationally recognized littoral design firm on building landscapes and structures that resist hurricane damage, as well as a screening of a talk from former Department of City Planning Chief Urban Designer Alexandros Washburn on a proposal to construct barrier islands in New York’s harbor; interested attendees can register for the Zoom meeting online and find more information on PortSide’s website.
The comment period for the Army’s plan, which would see large seawalls with heights up to 17 feet constructed along Brooklyn’s low-lying waterfront, was extended earlier this month, following community uproar and opposition, to March 31; comments can be sent to the email address ny******************@us***.mil until that deadline.
