Dive summary:
- In his new storm plan, NY Mayor Bloomberg outlined over 200 proposals, including the creation of a new city built atop a landfill, modeled after the existing Battery Park City, built using over 3 million cubic yards of landfill material.
- The proposed location of the landfill community is Lower Manhattan and is currently termed "Seaport City," although the source of the fill needed to build this city has yet to be determined.
- This new city would be built from the ground up and serve as both a residential and commercial use area, having the additional benefit of protecting against potential storm surges.
From the article:
"...Mr. Bloomberg pitched the idea of building from scratch a residential and commercial hub that would extend lower Manhattan and double as a storm-surge barrier."
"That plan currently has no price tag because it has yet to be designed, and the scope of the project, as well as what kind of revenue it could generate to fund itself, are decisions that will be made down the line."
