Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project

New York, NY

The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project is an integrated coastal protection initiative aimed at reducing flood risk due to coastal storms and sea level rise in Lower Manhattan. The LMCR Project spans the Lower Manhattan coast from Montgomery Street to the northern end of Battery Park City and seeks to improve access to the waterfront and enhance public spaces in the community. The South Battery Park Resiliency (SBPR) and Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resiliency (BMCR) are integrated coastal protection initiatives that are part of the overall LMCR project.

The SBPR project is a combination of the southernmost segment of the Battery Park City alignment and the Battery Coastal Resiliency alignment. The work of the project included the installation of three flood gates from floodbreak auto-passive flood barriers, wall construction at the same height as the flood gates, secant pile installation, jet grouting, landscape-hard and softscape work, and public amenities all across roughly five to seventeen thousand square feet of Manhattan.

The work of the BMCR project included the installation of 193 flood gates, 186 of which are floodbreak auto-passive flood barriers. In addition, there will be wall construction at the same height as the flood gates, micropile installation, jet grouting, landscape-hard/softscape work, bike lane construction, and public amenities all across roughly 400,000 square feet of Manhattan.

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