Gowanus, N.Y. completes $54 million storm sewer project to reduce flooding
(UI) – City officials from Gowanus, New York, confirmed that a $54 million project to install storm sewers has been completed, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported. The new drainage system is expected to reduce street flooding around the neighborhood and decrease pollution running off into Gowanus Canal.
The project involved installing over a mile’s worth of new storm sewers along the town’s Third Avenue, including nine new storm chambers and over 70 catch basins, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. During construction, the city also replaced over two miles of aging cast-iron pipes.
The area is a known flood zone, as water was previously routed to a “single combined sewer pipe” that was often overwhelmed by both wastewater and stormwater. With funding from the Environmental Protection Agency, the city installed a stormwater-dedicated sewer pipe to take pressure off of the system.
“Modernizing our city’s infrastructure is imperative,” said Borough President Antonio Reynoso, “especially in areas that have suffered unfortunate health and safety issues for generations, like Gowanus.”
This story was originally reported by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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