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City Completes $23M Flood Prevention Project in Arden Heights

By Nicholas Rizzi | January 9, 2015 4:18pm
 The city completed a $23 million project to add sewers and prevent flooding in Arden Heights and Annadale.
The city completed a $23 million project to add sewers and prevent flooding in Arden Heights and Annadale.
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ARDEN HEIGHTS — The city completed a $23 million project to prevent flooding and add sewer systems to Arden Heights and Annadale this week.

The upgrades add catch basins and storm sewers to streets in the neighborhoods which were prone to flooding, and a mile-and-a-half of sanitary sewers to let 114 homes ditch septic tanks and connect to the city's sewer system, the Department of Environmental Protection said.

“These infrastructure upgrades will protect public health and the environment, but just as importantly they will improve the quality of life for residents and raise the value of their properties," DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd said in a statement.

The city installed more than half-a-mile of storm sewers and 100 catch basins to streets in the neighborhoods which will divert storm water to a new Bluebelt wetland area that naturally stores and filters it before it drains into the Arthur Kill, the DEP said.

Aside from the flood prevention upgrades, the project also rebuilt roads and sidewalks and added 109 street lights, 31 traffic signs and 16 fire hydrants, the DEP said.

“The completion of this project not only adds to the South Shore’s Bluebelt system, but provides significant upgrades to infrastructure, including roads and sidewalks,” Councilman Vincent Ignizio said in a statement.

“Smart investments like these protect our homeowners from flooding, protect our environment from pollution, and provide an improved quality of life for generations to come."