New York City’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is about to add a whole lot of greenery to the concrete jungle. He just announced a campaign to install green roofs, sidewalks and porous parking lots in order to capture excess rainwater and runoff. The idea comes as part of Bloomberg’s PlaNYC goal of making 90% of New York City’s waterways suitable for recreation — right now excess sewer and rain runoff is making them unsuited for fun. The proposed green surfaces would eliminate 40% of the existing runoff into the waterways and save taxpayers $2.4billiondollarsoverthenext20years.</p><p>Oneoftheproblemsthecitymustgetaroundisitsantiquatedwatersystem,whichwasbuilt150yearsagowhentheconceptofpollutionwasn’tattheforefrontofengineers’minds.Currentlythesystemworksfine,untilitrains,whenrunoffandsewagearespewedintorivers,canalsandtheharbor.Theproposedgreenroofs,sidewalks,andparkinglotswouldbeequippedtosoakupatleastaninchofrain—sometimesmore—andwouldseriouslyreducetheneedforcostlywatersysteminfrastructurethatisneededtostopthesewagefromspewingalloverNewYorkCity’swaterways.<br/>Currentlythecity’splanistorampupthetechnologicalinfrastructureofthewatersystemandusecostlyequipmenttostopthespewing.Thisplanwouldcost$ 6.8 billion; however, Bloomberg’s initiative could accomplish the same goal at a fraction of the cost. Not only would the green roofs be less expensive but they’d save taxpayers money by keeping their water bills low — more infrastructure, more cost to the taxpayers. This is all part of Bloomberg’s ambitious PlaNYC goals of cutting the city’s emissions and cleaning its air and waterways. As with many of the PlaNYC initiatives, Bloomberg has just announced the strategy — details of how many green roofs and where they will be placed will come at a later date.

Brit Liggett. NYC Mayor Bloomberg Announces Green Roof Initiative. Internet: .

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The first place to benefit from the green roofs initiative will be Manhattan.