More than seven million gallons of salt water poured into the Canarsie Tunnel, which carries L trains under the East River. The agency’s $7.6 billion program in response to Sandy has included installing submarine doors, Kevlar curtains and mechanical gates to plug more than 3,000 openings into the subway below 14th Street. At Bellevue, a wall will be built behind the hospital as part of a flood barrier along the East River. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyToday, the Con Ed plant has several layers of defenses against even worse flooding than Sandy delivered. “Our belief now is if Sandy were to recur, we would be able to remain in service,” said Lou Villani, Con Ed’s chief engineer.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 15:33 UTC