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Fort Tilden Shore Access and Resiliency Project Environmental Assessment


The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate a range of alternatives to address changes to access and visitor safety brought about by Hurricane Sandy at Fort Tilden Beach, Queens, New York. The EA evaluates the potential impacts of three action alternatives and a no-action alternative. The NPS preferred alternative includes a pathway of sustainable clay base with shell aggregate in the location of the destroyed portion of Shore Road, partially removes the bulkhead and completely removes the wooden groins.

Action is needed at this time because Hurricane Sandy caused physical changes to the Fort Tilden coastal area, displacing the established foredune system and creating a new environment with safety, access, and resource questions that need to be addressed. These changes affected historic resources on and adjacent to the beach, including Shore Road, the bulkhead and groin system, Battery Kessler, Buildings 15-18, and the Telephone Pit Building, and created new beach habitat suitable for threatened and endangered shorebirds and plants. The project would improve access, safety, and resiliency along the beach at Fort Tilden, while considering the potential impacts from future storm events on natural and cultural resources and infrastructure.

A public meeting to review the EA will be held on March 8, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the following location:

Ryan Visitor Center Conference Room
Floyd Bennett Field
50 Aviation Road
Brooklyn, NY 11234

The EA is available below.

Written comments may be made on the proposal through March 25th, 2016 by submitting them online here or mailing them to the address below.

 
Comment Period: Closed        Feb 25, 2016 - Mar 25, 2016
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