New York City to install porous pavement in Brooklyn to prevent flooding

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – New York City is installing 7 miles of porous pavement in Brooklyn, with the hope it will ease flooding in areas prone to it.

Those areas include Sunset Park, Kensington, and Midwood.

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The new, green infrastructure will filter and absorb stormwater as it falls. The more than $30 million project is expected to take a year to complete.

Officials plan to improve parts of the sewer system as well.

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.

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