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Hoboken opens New Jersey’s largest flood-fighting park
Hoboken has opened ResilienCity Park, a 5.4-acre green space that doubles as a stormwater management system. The park can hold up to 2 million gallons of water, with a 1-million-gallon underground tank,…
The Story in Brief
Hoboken has opened ResilienCity Park, a 5.4-acre green space that doubles as a stormwater management system. The park can hold up to 2 million gallons of water, with a 1-million-gallon underground tank, rain gardens, and a basketball court that acts as a detention basin. A 30-million-gallon-per-day pump sends stored water into the Hudson River after storms. The park sits on a former industrial site at 12th and Madison Streets.
The project was funded by a $10 million FEMA grant, EPA loans, and county funds without raising municipal taxes. Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla and Governor Phil Murphy attended the ribbon-cutting. The park aims to prevent flash floods in low-lying western Hoboken, where 0.8 inches of rain per hour can cause flooding.
The Indian Opinion
The usual narrative that climate adaptation is too expensive or impractical for Indian cities ignores scalable models like this. Hoboken's park proves that flood control and recreation can share space with smart design, and that federal, state, and local money can cover the bill without passing the burden to taxpayers. The test for Indian officials is not whether such a project is desirable, but where the political will and inter-agency coordination will come from to replicate it in Mumbai or Chennai.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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