NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled a set of seawalls designed to prevent the Lower East Side from flooding, as water levels continue to rise.
“I speak to some of my law enforcement officers who are retired to Florida and they’re talking about the devastation of their homes and losing everything and that is what we want to prevent,” Adams said, calling it “the single largest urban climate adaptation project in the U.S.”
With a $1.45 billion investment, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project funded the construction of 18 deployable barriers along almost 2 ½ miles of coast on the southeast side of Manhattan.
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As of now, 12 barriers are functional and the mayor said he expects all 18 to be ready by 2026.
