“Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a large public park that will double as a reservoir for nearly 2 million gallons of storm water to prevent it from flooding city streets…The park will feature green space, athletic fields, an ice skating rink and other amenities. A 30-foot-deep underground tank will hold up to one million gallons of water that normally would collect in city streets, Hoboken Mayor Rhavi Balla said Monday.
The green areas of the park will also be able to store up to 750,000 gallons, and a 50,000-gallon underwater cistern will reuse rainwater to irrigate the park’s lawn and plants.
‘This will deliver one of the most innovative projects not just in our region, not just in our state, but in the entire country … With climate change resulting in more frequent heavy rain events, our #NorthwestResiliencyPark will provide game-changing flood mitigation.'”
