News and Updates
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection hosted a public meeting on March 28th at the Moose Lodge in the Chelsea Heights neighborhood of Atlantic City, NJ. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a brief overview of the study process and to solicit initial feedback from residents. The study team is interested in receiving comments. Residents can fill out this comment form and send back via email or mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning Division, 100 Penn Square E, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The study team requests that public comments be submitted by April 30, 2016.
Study Background
The study area focuses on flooding issues within the entire Chelsea Heights neighborhood that lies between (clockwise) North Albany Avenue, South Boulevard, North Raleigh Avenue, and West End Avenue (all within Atlantic City, NJ). The area is approximately 0.2 square miles in size and is primarily composed of low lying residential city streets. The area has historically experienced flooding problems which are increasing in frequency, duration, and intensity and are caused by the combined effects of tidal events and heavy precipitation during hurricanes and major nor'easters.
The purpose of the feasibility study is to evaluate potential solutions to flooding problems within study area. The study is cost-shared 50/50 with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (non-federal sponsor). Estimated study completion is in the summer of 2017.
The Study will consider the following structural, non-structural, and natural and nature-based measures:
| Structural Measures |
Non-structural measures |
Natural & Nature-Based |
|
Bulkhead
Floodwalls
Deployable floodwall
Levee
Seawall
Revetment
Storm Surge Barrier
Breakwater
|
Building Retrofit (elevation)
Acquisition
Floodproofing
Flood-warning/evacuation
Land Use/Zoning
|
Beachfill
Living Shoreline
Reefs
Wetland
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |