The Town of Brookhaven will receive $10 million for the Neighborhood Road Redevelopment Project, which will include bioretention, stormwater street trees, and underground stormwater storage systems. The improvements will help reduce flooding and protect water quality in Narrow Bay.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced $61 million in Green Resiliency Grant funding to advance eight transformative stormwater infrastructure projects across the state. Funded through the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act, these projects will use nature-based solutions to better manage stormwater, reduce pressure on wastewater systems, and protect neighborhoods from the increasingly severe effects of storms.
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Daniel J. Panico said, “We appreciate this infusion of significant capital funding to help revitalize downtown Mastic Beach. The cost of public infrastructure projects, combined with the realities we face as municipal planners forced to deal with increasingly ferocious storm events, make revitalization projects incredibly costly. However, the people of Mastic Beach deserve a downtown of which they can be proud. Together, we will turn vacancy and vagrancy into vibrancy.”
Brookhaven is one of just two awards of $10 million. These projects are the latest funding from the $4.2 billion Environmental Bond Act passed in 2022. The Bond Act funds investments that enhance shoreline resiliency, encourage economic development, revitalize neighborhoods, and bolster recreational opportunities
“Too many communities have experienced the devastation of severe flooding, and that’s why we’re investing in resiliency initiatives to protect vulnerable areas and make our state stronger and more resilient,” Governor Hochul said. “We’re investing where it matters — not just reacting to the next storm, but preparing for it — protecting families and businesses in the process.”
Awarded projects will use nature-based solutions to better manage stormwater, reduce pressure on wastewater systems, and protect neighborhoods from the increasingly severe effects of storms.