i wondered what was happening with downtown flood planning and the lower fdr down there:
FDR Drive tear-down and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY
Posted on November 16, 2021
A higher waterfront and a lower highway may be on tap for Lower Manhattan.
The city has a new proposal for protecting the Financial District and Seaport from future flooding: extending the eastern edge of Manhattan’s tip by up to 188 feet — while raising the shoreline and possibly taking down the elevated FDR Drive from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery.
The city’s Economic Development Corporation plans to reveal a master plan for the FiDi – Seaport resilience project — first proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019 as a possible 500-foot extension of Lower Manhattan into the harbor — by the end of the year.
more:
https://www.amny.com/news/fdr-drive-...wn-flood-plan/
