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DEP outlines Parkchester–Morris Park Cloudburst plan; public meeting set for June 5
Summary
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection on May 20 updated the Housing, Land Use, Sanitation and Environmental Protection committee on the Parkchester–Morris Park Cloudburst hub, describing porous concrete panels and subsurface storage intended to reduce flooding in modeled hot spots.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection on May 20 updated the Housing, Land Use, Sanitation and Environmental Protection committee on the Parkchester–Morris Park Cloudburst hub, a stormwater-management project that will place porous concrete panels in street parking lanes and install subsurface storage at school and playground sites to reduce flooding in identified stormwater ‘hot spots.’
The presentation, delivered by Effie Artizzoni, Bronx borough commissioner for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and project staff including Alicia Langdon and consultants from AKRF, summarized design features, outreach results and a schedule that advances the project to final design in late 2025. "This project... is fully funded through city funds," Langdon said, noting that while some Cloudburst projects face potential federal funding cuts, the Parkchester–Morris Park hub is not affected.
The Cloudburst program targets intense, short-duration rain events that can overwhelm the sewer…
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