In Bound Brook, New Jersey, Reaching a Truce With Floodwaters
From The New York Times:
“In the foothills of the Watchung Mountains, where tributaries from Green Brook and Middle Brook spill into the Raritan River, Bound Brook [NJ] lies in one of the state’s lowest floodplains. [Hurricane] Floyd left Main Street under 12 feet of water and sent about a third of its 10,400 residents to emergency shelters.
“Bound Brook has spent the ensuing years taking protective action. Its Green Brook Flood Control Project, a $130 million system of movable walls, was about 85 percent complete when Hurricane Irene put it to the test in 2011. Instead of 12 feet, Main Street that time got 3.”
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