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  • FACT SHEET - Joseph G. Minish Passaic River NJ Waterfront Park and Historic Area

    DESCRIPTION: The Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area project is located along the west bank of the Passaic River between Bridge and Brill Streets in the City of Newark, New Jersey. This reach of the Passaic River is eroded, deteriorated and environmentally degraded due to past commercial and industrial use and flooding. The project design was comprised of three phases: Phase I is 6,000 feet of new bulkhead, 3,200 feet of restored riverbank and creation of wetlands, Phase II is the 9,200-foot waterfront walkway and Phase III is the park facilities, plazas, and landscaping. The city of Newark is pursuing a walkway, park and redevelopment area independently; therefore, Phase I is the only phase USACE will construct. The Non-Federal sponsors for Phase I is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).

  • FACT SHEET - Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet – Sections I & II – Sea Bright to Manasquan, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The project consists of 21 miles of shoreline from the Borough of Sea Bright to the Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The project provides beach erosion control, protection of the shoreline of the the highly populated communities and infrastructure located along the Atlantic coast of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Storm damage reduction is provided by a 100 foot wide beach berm at a total elevation of +12 ft mean low water (MLW), +9.3 ft North Atlantic Vertical Datum (NAVD). The project includes periodic nourishment on a 6-year cycle for a period of 50 years from the start of initial construction. The non-Federal sponsor for the project is the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), who is responsible for acquiring all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and providing 35% of the total costs of the project. The project area is divided into two sections: Section I - which extends for 12 miles from Sea Bright to Loch Arbour (formally Ocean Township), and Section II - which includes the 9 miles from Asbury Park to the Manasquan Inlet.

  • FACT SHEET - Passaic River Tidal Protection Area, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, completed a study in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), recommending a coastal storm risk management project in and surrounding tidal portions of Newark, NJ, due to the Passaic River, New Jersey. A Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement (FCSA) for the study was executed between the USACE and NJDEP on October 28, 2014.

  • FACT SHEET - New York City Watershed

    DESCRIPTION: The water supply for the City of New York is composed of three watershed systems.  Together, these systems provide water for 8 million residents in New York City, as well as 1 million residents north of the City.  The Catskill and Delaware systems lie west of the Hudson River, covering an area of approximately 2000 square miles.  The

  • FACT SHEET - Rahway River Basin (Fluvial), NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The study area encompasses the Rahway River Basin located in northeastern New Jersey. The Rahway River Basin is 81.9 square miles and lies within the metropolitan area of Greater New York. The most damaging floods of record within the Rahway River Basin resulted from the storms Tropical Storm Floyd in September 1999, April 2007 Nor’easter, Hurricane Irene in August 2011 and Hurricane Ida in September 2021. During the April 2007 storm, 70 to 100 homes suffered major damage to first floor and foundations. Union County and the Township of Cranford were declared federal disaster areas as a result of the April 2007 storm. As a result of Hurricane Irene, residents and business owners along Rahway River have suffered extensive financial losses and personal hardship than in most severe prior storms. Flooding from Hurricane Ida have caused damage to houses, businesses, municipal facilities, and public infrastructure.

  • FACT SHEET - Rahway River Basin (Tidal), NJ

    DESCRIPTION:   The Rahway River Basin is 81.9 square miles and lies within the metropolitan area of Greater New York.  Flooding within the Rahway River Basin is caused principally by the rapid development of the area, which has resulted in a large increase of storm water runoff.  Floods have caused damage to houses, businesses, municipal facilities

  • FACT SHEET - Byram River Basin, Greenwich, CT & Portchester, NY

    DESCRIPTION: Flooding on the Byram River primarily affects the Town of Greenwich, just south of the constructed project of levees at Pemberwick.  The study area has been subjected to repeated, severe flooding from high precipitation events, with the largest events being the storms of October 1955, June 1972, September 1975, and April 2007. A large

  • FACT SHEET - Hudson Raritan Estuary Restoration, NY and NJ

    SUMMARY: The Hudson Raritan Estuary (HRE) Feasibility Study was initiated in 2001 and subsequently integrated with five (5) other ecosystem restoration studies within the HRE Study Area. The feasibility phase was completed and resulted in the HRE Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CRP) (Volume 1- 2016) which was adopted by the NY/NJ Harbor

  • FACT SHEET - Spring Creek (North) Park Ecosystem Restoration Project, Queens, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The Spring Creek North project area is a 47-acre portion of Spring Creek Park located adjacent to the banks of Spring Creek and Ralph’s Creek, located in northern Jamaica Bay counties of Kings and Queens. The proposed ecosystem restoration project seeks to improve the habitat in Spring Creek Park and Jamaica Bay. The construction,

  • FACT SHEET - Atlantic Coast of New York City, East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet (Rockaway Beach) and Jamaica Bay, NY

    The project study area includes the Rockaway Peninsula and the communities surrounding Jamaica Bay in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City.