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Sunpurpleshine t1_j1f1ldw wrote

Reply to comment by HobbitFoot in RIP To Anyone Travelling Out of Hoboken by Castor_and_Pollux123

To repair the water/ change the flow of rainfall issue has to be designed by engineers and then workers to carry out the physical labor. It’s a hell of a lot less work than the building a new lane. In fact the water run off simply needs to allow for more water to flow during a short period of time to accommodate the increasing flash flooding we are having. Which franking larger piping should have been installed from the get go. Ancient civilizations have done a better job with irrigation than the United States ever has sad to say it.

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HobbitFoot t1_j1f5vi2 wrote

The issue with Hoboken is coastal flooding, not local rainfall. To fix flooding in Hoboken, they are going to need walls preventing the Hudson from coming into the terminal. That is why they are costing the project in the billions. It is also why you need more than just better drainage at the terminal.

However, the goal of the NJTA project is to replace all the bridges from the Newark Bay Bridge to the Holland Tunnel approach. The project isn't just to add a lane, but replace the whole viaduct.

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Sunpurpleshine t1_j1fk53b wrote

No matter where the water is coming from the drainage system has to be replaced to increase a far greater capacity. This is because the Hudson may be the source currently, but truth is water will make it to the lowest spots from anywhere and new sources will pop up bc the land can’t handle the water. Our drainage systems have to be built to larger capacity. The flash floods should not be assumed to not increase and cause even more flooding than seen here in future years.

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HobbitFoot t1_j1flf8k wrote

It is hard to drain a place that is being flooded by a river.

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Sunpurpleshine t1_j1gbu4x wrote

It’s going to have to happen one way or another. Obviously the water flow system in place has to be replaced to handle more water (from the river and future other areas as well) and the river needs yo gage new drainage age points created. Of course it’s hard to do or it would have been done by now, nonetheless it still has to be done. The weather is not waiting on us.

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