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Officials break ground on Rebuild By Design
Project aims to protect Hoboken, Weehawken, and Jersey City from flooding ×
Local, state, and federal officials, including Governor Phil Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge broke ground on the Rebuild by Design project.
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Governor Phil Murphy, legislators, and local officials broke ground on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project in Hoboken this week.
The resilient infrastructure project, made possible by $230 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, aims to protect Hoboken and portions of Jersey City and Weehawken from storm surge flooding and rising sea-level threats posed by climate change.
May 6, 2021 at 4:49 PM
HOBOKEN, NJ – The crowd gathered on the eastern edge of Pier A Thursday had a beautiful sunny afternoon a stark contrast to the devastating wind, rain and storm surge that pushed through weak spots in Hoboken’s waterfront nearly eight-and-a-half years ago, inundating the Mile Square City with one of the most devastating and costly natural disasters this country has ever seen.
With former Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer opening the ceremony, Governor Phil Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge today officially “broke ground” on the Waterfront portion of Rebuild by Design’s Hudson River Project in Hoboken. Funded by $230 million for Superstorm Sandy recovery from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rebuild By Design has been in the planning stages for several years and is intended to protect communities along the Hudson River from storm surge flooding and rising sea-level threats posed b
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Governor Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge Host Groundbreaking for Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project in Hoboken May 6, 2021, 4:58 pm | in
Governor Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge Host Groundbreaking for Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project in Hoboken
05/6/2021
Resilient Infrastructure Project Made Possible by $230 Million in Superstorm Sandy Recovery Funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HOBOKEN – Governor Phil Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge today broke ground on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project in Hoboken. The resilient infrastructure project, made possible by over $230 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been in the planning stages for several years and will protect communiti