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Posted 02 September 2016 - 07:51 PM

PANYNJ news release (non-rail material deleted):

 

PORT AUTHORITY PREPARED FOR TROPICAL STORM HERMINE

Date: Sep 02, 2016
 

Agency on high alert in advance of major coastal storm

The Port Authority has made preparations in advance of the potential arrival of Tropical Storm Hermine, which made landfall in north Florida and will track up the East Coast this weekend, bringing tropical storm force winds, heavy rain, high tides and coastal flooding to the region.

In advance of the storm, the agency will open its Ernesto L. Butcher Emergency Operations Center in Jersey City on Saturday night to monitor the storm as it approaches the region this weekend. The agency will continuously coordinate with the States of New York and New Jersey, as well as its federal, state and local partners, during the duration of the storm. The agency will have a full complement of staff at all of its transportation facilities to ensure that the hundreds of thousands of customers who use them each day can be safely accommodated during this severe weather event.

The agency has positioned and is prepared to deploy nearly 16,000 linear feet, or nearly 4 miles of flood barriers to protect critical transportation facilities, in addition to more than 170 generators and pumps to ensure continuity of service.

Since Superstorm Sandy hit the region in 2012, the Port Authority has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in repair and resiliency measures and additional work continues at all of the agency's facilities. Projects include the installation of stop-logs, HESCO sand barriers, concrete barriers, emergency generators and additional pumping capacity. To mitigate damage from storms like Hermine, the Port Authority has more than 170 generators capable of providing nearly 50 megawatts of emergency power; more than 5,500 feet of flood-barrier stop logs; more than 2,500 linear feet of concrete bin blocks; more than 300 linear feet of concrete barriers; more than 6,500 linear feet of sand-filled barriers and more than 1,000 linear feet of aqua fencing.

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On PATH, crews are preparing to combat potential flooding with the installation of flood protection barriers that were constructed since Sandy to mitigate potential damage. Additionally, sandbags, and pumps will be deployed at stations, tunnels, and key locations throughout the system, including a trailer-mounted portable diesel pump that can be used inside PATH tunnels, if necessary. PATH is also making contingency preparations to move its rolling stock to higher and drier ground if necessary.

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