The New York departments of environmental protection, transportation, and design and construction plan to invest $100-million in upgrades to existing water, sanitary sewer, and roadway infrastructure in two areas of Sandy-ravaged areas of Staten Island, officials announced Dec. 10. The funding will cover two major capital projects in the New Dorp Beach and South Beach sections of the island and aim to make both communities more resilient to future storms, they add.
Upgrades to New Dorp Beach will consist of the installation of more than three miles of new storm sewers; the reconstruction of more than 2.4 miles of sanitary sewers; the replacement of 2.3 miles of water mains; and the reconstruction of some roadways between New Dorp Lane to the north of New Dorp Beach, Ebbitts St. to the south, Milton Ave. to the west, and Cedar Grove Ave. to the east.