Constructing new seawalls and bulkheads to protect Atlantic City is part of an estimated $238 million in projects being sought to repair and shore up the city’s infrastructure, officials say.
The idea would be to build a barrier to help keep tidal surge and floodwater from penetrating unprotected areas of the city as they did during Hurricane Sandy.
“ The only way to protect the city from that is to have a continuous barrier,” said Keith Mills, the city’s planning and development director , who participated in developing project estimates. Including $75 million in Sandy damage estimates, the final price tag would be $313 million, city and Tourism District officials said.
While some of the projects already have funding – about $18 million – the rest is contingent on federal aid, said Kim Butler, a spokeswoman for the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, which also helped formulate the estimates.
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Source: snjdc.org, January 8, 2013; Image: townnews