State will enact nation-leading requirements next month to boost first floor building elevations for most
new or renovated projects that are based on
“predictive precipitation modeling” of future flood impacts, not historic
trends.
A clear, retractable roof designed to withstand hurricanes and sea salt will allow a $100-million oceanfront waterpark in Atlantic City, N.J., to provide a year-round entertainment alternative to gambling in the seaside resort.
The Highlands region is a major corridor for goods shipment to the Port Newark-Elizabeth terminal, but a key regional regulator last month issued a new warehouse construction policy that sets new limits on how the complexes are located and built.
The groundbreaking of three megaprojects in the Empire State in 2022 has given a big boost to the value of new construction contracts in the New York and New Jersey region—especially when compared with totals during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown years.
State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.