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The Green Brook Flood Control project has languished for decades due to a lack of federal funding. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 caused yet more property damage and deaths in the Green Brook basin, especially in Bound Brook, and reinvigorated the flood control project. As of 2006, two levees have been built on the western and eastern sides of Bound ...
After downtown Bound Brook was under 12 ft (3.7 m) of floodwaters, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection worked with the New York District of the Corps of Engineers to build the Green Brook Flood Control Project. The $110 million project was designed to withstand a 150-year flood. Construction began in 2000 and was finished in 2016.
Record flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 (42.13 ft (12.84 m)) flood crest, 14 ft (4.3 m) above flood stage) caused renewed interest in a flood control project called the Green Brook Flood Control Project, which is designed to protect Bound Brook from a
The Raritan River at Bound Brook is expected to reach 22.5 feet at noon Saturday. Flood stage is 28 feet. The Millstone River at Blackwells Mills in Hillsborough is forecast to reach 7.1 feet at ...
The Passaic River in Pine Brook was at 18.7 feet Monday morning. It is expected to reach 20.8 feet – above its minor flood threshold of 19 feet – on Tuesday evening. ... Flood stage at that ...
Based on the U.S. Geological Survey Water Watch forecast, the Passaic River in Pine Brook is expected to crest at minor flood stage of 19 feet on Thursday night and begin falling below flood stage ...
Queen's Bridge over the Raritan River. Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located along the Raritan River.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,988, [10] [11] an increase of 1,586 (+15.2%) from the 2010 census count of 10,402, [20] [21] which in turn reflected an increase of 247 (+2.4%) from the 10,155 counted in the ...
Downtown Bound Brook was flooded 13 ft (4.0 m), causing 200 buildings to be condemned. In Manville, the Raritan crested at a record 27.5 ft (8.4 m), nearly double the flood stage of 14 ft (4.3 m). Parts of Manville were flooded to a depth of 10 ft (3.0 m), which damaged 1,500 homes, caused 284 homes to be condemned, and forced 1,000 people to ...