Presentation from NY/NJ Metropolitan Storm Surge Working Group Conference, May 18, 2017

1. Port Authority Resilience Planning
May 18, 2017

2. 2
Our Facilities Aviation
JFK
Airport
LaGuardia
Airport
Newark
Airport
Stewart
Airport
Teterboro Airport
Atlantic
City
Airport
Bridges
Bayonne
Bridge
George
Washington
Bridge
Goethals
Bridge
Outerbridge
Crossing
Bus
Terminals
Port
Authority
Bus
Terminal
George
Washington
Bridge
Bus
Terminal
Journal
Square
Transportation
Center
Port
Commerce
Port
Jersey
Marine
Terminal
Brooklyn
Marine
Terminal
Elizabeth
Marine
Terminal
Howland
Hook
Marine
Term.
Port
Newark
PATH
Rail
Transit
System
Tunnels
Holland
Tunnel
Lincoln
Tunnel
World
Trade
Center

3. 3
Facility
Inundation
• PATH:
The
storm
flooded
nearly
20%
of
PATH’s
track
miles,
which
damaged
tunnels,
equipment
and
signals.
• AVIATION:
LGA,
JFK,
EWR
and
TEB
all
flooded.
Reopened
within
48-­‐72hours.
• TB&T
-­‐ Holland
Tunnel:
30
million
gallons
of
salt
water
flooding
the
tubes
up
to
8ft.
• World
Trade
Center:
125
million
gallons
of
water
flooded
the
site,
equivalent
to
190
Olympic
size
swimming
pools.
Scope of Port Authority Damages

4. Super
Storm
Sandy Funding
Port
Authority
($M)
NJ
Transit
($M)
MTA
($M)
Federal
Transit Administration $1,833 $1,830 $5,830
Federal
Emergency
Management Agency $589 n/a $402
Number
of
FEMA
Grants (“Project
Worksheets”) 120 -­‐ 19
4
Federal Funding:
Over $10B for Regional Transportation Agencies

5. 5
Designing for a Resilient Future:
Port Authority Climate Resilience Guidelines
• Considered for all PA capital projects
• Addresses coastal inundation hazards
• Step-­by-­step process for integrating
cost-­effective resilience measures
• Issued in 2015

6. 6
Example: PATH Head House Protection
Design Flood Elevation
• FEMA BFE 12.0 ft. +
• Freeboard 2.0 ft. +
• SLR Adjustment 3.0 ft. =
17 ft. NAVD88*
*
Approx.
9.9
ft.
above
grade
Design Solutions
• Construct flood wall (water side)
• Construct flood wall at escalator and install side-­
coiling fabric barrier at turnstiles
• Install flood-­rated exit doors at sides
• Reinforce concrete vent shaft and stair shaft walls
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