The final design has been adjusted from the original competition proposal and has now received city, state and federal agency approval as part of environmental review and permitting.Ĭonstruction on the Living Breakwaters project began in Summer 2021. These iterations were shared with the local Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) for review and community input. With a perfect backdrop only steps away from the sea isle beaches, The Breakwaters at the dunes has options for weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, showers, and corporate events. The Breakwaters is Beachwoods designated event space - nine months of the year, it converts from a buzzy lounge to a 1,200-square-foot venue for weddings. As part of this process, the SCAPE team conducted extensive hydrodynamic modeling and engineering analysis of the breakwaters to develop design scenarios. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2014, Living Breakwaters advanced into a Design & Implementation phase. The vegetated dune system will be strengthened by the breakwaters, to provide a layered system of protection.įollowing the award of $60 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Living Breakwaters is designed to work in concert with other ongoing resilience initiatives in the area, including the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Tottenville Dune and Coastal Dune Plantings project. The team’s work with the Harbor School and the Billion Oyster Project will bring educational opportunities for local school groups, teaching the next generation of ecological stewards about protecting Staten Island’s fragile coastline. Seawalls, bulkheads, revetments and detached breakwaters are. The proposal is a “necklace” of offshore breakwaters that will reduce risk, revive ecologies, and connect residents and educators to Staten Island’s southeast shoreline. The structure will provide habitat to the Raritan Bay’s rich ecosystem of marine life, and an on-land Water Hub will be constructed with space for visiting groups, recreational activities, and educational programs. revetments, detached breakwaters, groins/jetties, reinforced dunes or coastal levees/dikes.

Living Breakwaters competition concept was conceived to connect physical, social, and ecological resilience.