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  • FACT SHEET - South Shore of Staten Island, N.Y.

    AUTHORIZATION: A Feasibility Study was authorized by U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, adopted May 13, 1993. The purpose of the study was to identify possible risk management solutions for hurricane and storm damages in the area, and to determine whether Federal participation was warranted in constructing shore protection measures. Per funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Public Law 113-2 (the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013) the Feasibility Study was completed and approved in 2016. Public Law 113-2 also provided authorization and Federal funding necessary to initiate project construction. The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) also provided further authorization for the project, including updated project cost and updated cost-sharing provisions.