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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Lower Manhattan coastal resiliency project
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Andrew Kimball highlights the importance of protecting Lower Manhattan from climate change impacts and outlines the ongoing coastal resiliency project.
- Focus on protecting Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels and increasing storm activity
- EDC in design phase for the last section of Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency project
- Project covers the Financial District-Seaport area
- Collaboration with DEP and DEC on various resiliency initiatives across the city
- Emphasis on the critical nature of Lower Manhattan as the financial capital of the nation
Andrew Kimball
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Resiliency against flooding and overall effects of climate change is at the core of our work partnering with city agencies like DEP and DDC to build and manage the city's waterfront infrastructure.
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Lower Manhattan is the financial capital of the nation and one of the most important areas of commerce in the world.
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We've seen how vulnerable this area is to climate change and the impacts of increasing storm activity.
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To protect Lower Manhattan from rising sea levels, EDC is in the design phase of the last section of Lower Manhattan coastal resiliency project which covers the Phi Dye Seaport area.
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This is only one of many resiliency initiatives we're working on with DEP and DEC underway across our city.