This month, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers issued a revised flood-control plan to defend eastern Long Island’s
southern coast from devastating storms.
The Fire Island to Montauk plan calls
for elevating homes, replenishing dunes, restoring marshes, and dredging the
Fire Island, Moriches and Shinnecock inlets.
The plan calls for elevating 24
hundred houses, and relocating basement utilities in others. Some houses would
be rebuilt, and flood barriers would be erected around others.
Six miles of roads would be turned
into dikes, shielding more than 1,000 homes from floodwaters.
But some observers say the plan fails
to take sea level rise into account.
We speak to Kevin McAllister of Defend H2O, a non-profit concerned with coastal
zone management and water quality.
Listen here
Hearings on the Fire Island - Montauk Plan will be conducted in September. We will update this page when a schedule is published.
More information about the plan will be available here and at
DefendH2O.org
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