The city unveiled a new storm-resistant street last week along an area of Rockaway that was flooded and destroyed in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy.
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The revamped street, which runs from Beach Channel Drive to Shore Front Parkway, was announced on Tuesday — just in time for the start of hurricane season, which typically begins in June. “We are keeping more than a million gallons of stormwater out of the sewers each year which will reduce localized flooding and help protect the health of Jamaica Bay,” said Rohit Aggarwala, the city's chief climate officer and the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, in a statement.
“The people of Rockaway have been waiting a long time for this day,” Councilwoman Joann Ariola said in a statement. “At long last, we will finally have a safe, steady, and efficient flow of traffic here, and the area is now more resilient than ever before.”
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