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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
UPDATES IN JAMAICA BAY
JAMAICA BAY TASK FORCE MEETING
Peter Weppler
Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch
New York District/Planning Division
November 13, 2019
Jamaica Bay, facing South from Brooklyn
towards the Bay, Rockaway Peninsula, and
Atlantic Ocean. Source: Boating Times Long
Island, Photo by Jim Mobel
Atlantic Shorefront

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Hudson Raritan Estuary Ecosystem Restoration
Recommended Plan
Feasibility Sites
1. Fresh Creek
2. Hawtree Point
3. Dubos Point
4. Brant Point
5. Bayswater State Park
6. Dead Horse Bay
7. Elders Center Marsh Island
8. Duck Point Marsh Island
9. Pumpkin Patch- East Marsh Island
10. Pumpkin Patch- West Marsh Island
11. Stony Point Marsh Island
12. Flushing Creek
13. Stone Mill Dam
14. Bronx Zoo and Dam
15. Shoelace Park
16. Muskrat Cove
17. River Park/West Farm Rapids Park
18. Bronxville Lake
19. Crestwood Lake
20. Garth Woods/Harney Road
21. Westchester County Center
22. Meadowlark Tract
23. Metromedia Marsh
24. Essex County Branch Brook Park
25. Dundee Island Park
26. Clifton Dundee Canal Green Acres
27. Oak Island Yards
28. Kearny Point
Oyster Restoration:
29. Jamaica Bay – Head of Bay
30. Soundview Park
31. Bush Terminal
32. Governor’s Island
33. Naval Weapons Station Earle
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Planning
Region
Wetland
Habitat
(ac)
Oyster
Habitat
(ac)
Fish
Passage
(miles
opened)
Coastal/
Maritime
Forest
(ac)
Bed
Restoration
(ac)
Other a
Habitat (ac)
DRAFT First
Level Cost b
(2018$)
Jamaica
Bay
190 10 0 11 46 15 $234.5M
Bronx River
and
Flushing
Creek
19 0 23 4 4 25 $62.0M
Hackensack
River and
Passaic
River
134 0 0 6 17 34 $142.0M
Upper Bay 0 30 0 0 0 $9.1M
Lower Bay 0 10 0 0 0 $3.5M
Grand Total 313 50 23 21 67 74 $451.1M
TOTAL HABITAT: 525 Acres Restored
a Other Habitat includes Scrub/Shrub, upland, invasives removal/native planting
b Draft First Level Cost as of September 2018. Fully funded costs under development.
RECOMMENDED PLAN
HABITAT AND COSTS
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As of September 2018

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MILESTONES DATES
Agency Decision Milestone 5 September 2018
Final Report Submittal and Draft Chief’s Report Early 2020
Signed Chief’s Report Summer 2020
✓
HRE PATH AHEAD - SCHEDULE

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SPRING CREEK NORTH ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
Continuing Authorities Program Section 1135
• 47 Acre portion of
Spring Creek Park
• Design and
Implementation
Phase Ongoing
• Wetland
Delineation
• Bio-benchmarking
• Installed Tide
Gauges
• Topography
• Total Project:
$12,031,000
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EAST ROCKAWAY INLET TO ROCKAWAY INLET
REFORMULATION STUDY
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Features
• Reinforced dune and beachfill with structure crest of +17 ft NAVD88 for 35,000 LF from
Beach 9th Street to Beach 149th Street, and include sand tapers at the ends of the
project.
• Shorefront 0.067% flood (optimized)
• 5 groin extensions, 1 optional groin rehabilitation
• 13 new groins
• System of connecting floodwalls, bulkheads, berms, and revetments with nature-based
features to cost effectively reduce risk in frequently flooded areas. These are called high
frequency flooding risk reduction features and are sited in the Jamaica Bay reach.
Designed for 10% flood.
• Project First Cost (Oct 2019 price level) $590,750,000
• BCR 2.3
• Chief’s Report signed 22 Aug 2019

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RECOMMENDED PLAN – ATLANTIC SHOREFRONT
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Buried Composite Seawall / Vegetated Dune
Beach Profile
Initial beachfill: 1,596,000 cubic yards
Renourishment (4 year cycle): 1,111,000 cubic yards
Groins reduce lifecyle cost (less renourishment)

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RECOMMENDED PLAN –HIGH FREQUENCY
FLOODING RISK REDUCTION FEATURES
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Jamaica Bay Reach
• Two high frequency flooding risk reduction features are included in the Recommended
Plan.
• Mid-Rockaway is the largest and includes three adjacent neighborhoods (shown above).
• Cedarhurst-Lawrence HFFRRF (pictured bottom right) is in Nassau County.
• HFFRRFs are designed to manage flood risk up to the current 10% AEP (10-year) flood
• Mid-Rockaway HFFRRF includes five areas with natural and nature-based features
(NNBFs)
Cedarhurst-Lawrence
Mid-Rockaway

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Actions Achieving the Vision of a World Class Harbor Estuary
NY/NJ Harbor and Tributaries Study
Rockaways
Port Monmouth/Union Beach
Emergency Operations
Passaic River Tidal
South Shore of Staten Island
Minish Park
Rahway Tidal
•
Spring Creek
Old Place Creek
Jamaica Bay Islands
Environmental Remediation (EPA)
Restoration Program:
Hudson Raritan Estuary
Hudson River
Liberty State Park (NJDEP)
Harbor Deepening (50-ft) and O&M Dredging
Drift/Floatables Removal
Beneficial use of Dredged Material
Harbor Operations
NY/NJ Harbor Deepening Channel
Improvement Study
Anchorage Study
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