Permeable concrete used in New York City reconstruction project

New York City’s representatives inaugurated the reconstructed Beach 108^th Street project in Queens, on June 13.

Furthermore, the project included reconstruction of an area in Rockway Park, which was hit in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy.

The city’s Department of Environmental Protection drafted the Unified Stormwater Rule in 2022, which added stormwater requirements for future green infrastructure projects and applied to Beach 108^th Street.

This resulted in 11,000 square feet of the project being constructed with permeable concrete slabs, which are expected to allow 1,3 million gallons of stormwater to drain though it annually, instead of flowing through the sewer system.

Overall, the project came to a total cost of $16.6 million and included repairing, replacing, and adding new storm sewers, catch basins, water mains and fire hydrants. In addition to these, 58 new trees and benches were installed, as well as 18,000 square yards of asphalt paving and a two-way bike lane from the NYC Ferry terminal to the beach and boardwalk.