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    UNITED STATES

    10.28.2013

    Video by Mary Cochran 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

    In the 12 months since Hurricane Sandy struck the northeastern United States, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed repairs on 30 Sandy-damaged navigation channels and structures, completed restoration of the six most urgent and compelling engineered beach projects along the coast, and is actively working more than 100 other projects to reduce the risk of future coastal storm damage.

    In the Corps’ North Atlantic Division’s footprint, which spans from Virginia to Maine, 16 beach restoration projects and 29 projects to repair navigation channels and structures are currently underway. Work also continues to expedite and complete 17 flood and storm damage reduction studies, all of which are 100 percent federally funded and could lead to construction of new coastal storm damage risk reduction projects.

    Additional work includes 18 “authorized but not yet constructed” projects slated to start in early 2014 that will reduce risk to areas that were vulnerable when Sandy hit. These projects, which would complement the previously constructed beach restoration projects, were previously designed and congressionally authorized but never moved forward due to a need to secure funding, a lack of easements, or both. Of the 18 projects in the North Atlantic Division, 11 are scheduled for New Jersey, five for New York, and one each in Delaware and Virginia. Within South Atlantic Division, one each is planned in North Carolina and Florida. Within the Ohio River and Great Lakes Division boundaries, one is planned at the Chautauqua Creek Dam in upstate New York.

    “The Corps leaned forward in its response to Hurricane Sandy to ensure the families in our region could return to their lives as quickly as possible,” said Brig. Gen. Kent Savre, commanding general of the Army Corps’ North Atlantic Division. “Likewise, we are leaning forward now with our partners to restore our coastlines so that we can mitigate risk from future storms.”

    Using lessons learned during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, the Corps’ Hurricane Sandy response role started with extensive pre-storm preparations, including standing up emergency operation centers, lowering pool elevations behind dams, issuing sandbags, and pre-positioning water and generators.

    After the storm, as part of the unified federal response, the Corps was called upon to unwater 475 million gallons of salt water from flooded critical infrastructure in the New York City metro area, install more than 200 generators to critical facilities such as hospitals and police stations; remove hurricane debris; refurbish 115 transitional housing units; provide more than 9 million liters of bottled water; and assist the U.S. Coast Guard in returning affected ports to operation.

    Since the passage of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 in January, the Army Corps’ focus has been on reducing the risk of future coastal storm damage to Atlantic Coast communities. In the eight months since federal funds were appropriated, the Corps has placed roughly 12 million cubic yards of sand on existing beach projects along the coast, which is enough sand to fill nearly nine Empire State Buildings. In the next year, another 14 million cubic yards will be placed on identified beaches in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia to restore dunes and berms to their pre-storm conditions. The beach restoration in all states is expected to be completed by fall 2014. The repair of navigation channels and structures, which began in February 2013, is scheduled for completion by spring 2015.

    “For many of us, this is not just a job,” said Joseph Forcina, chief of the North Atlantic Division’s Sandy Coastal Management Division. “We have been impacted; our families have been impacted. … And we want to institute proper measures as quickly as possible to bring down the risk that some of these communities are currently working under.”

    Consistent with the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, the Army Corps is collaborating with federal, state, local and tribal partners on a North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study to assess the flood risks of vulnerable coastal populations in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. The Comprehensive Study will apply a regional framework to reducing risk for vulnerable coastal populations, and is scheduled for submission to Congress in January 2015.

    To learn more about the North Atlantic Division’s Sandy recovery progress and future plan, visit www.usace.army.mil/Sandy. Additional media resources are available on the site.

    Stay up to date by following us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/HurricaneSandyCoastalRecovery or visit nad.usace.army.mil/Sandy.

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    Date Taken: 10.28.2013
    Date Posted: 10.28.2013 09:29
    Category: Package
    Video ID: 305104
    VIRIN: 131028-A-ZZ517-001
    Filename: DOD_100940254
    Length: 00:01:41
    Location: US

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