Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train and Jamaica Bay

At last week's Broad Channel Civic Association a resident who lives near the "A" line tracks remarked about a "high wall" that was being built between the tracks and the bay.  After some research I came across this article from WNYC News regarding this matter.

Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train and Jamaica Bay

Monday, April 01, 2013

WNYC

By Jim O'Grady : Reporter, WNYC News

In Broad Channel, a pile driver installs a section of a steel wall between A subway line, in the foreground, and Jamaica Bay, in the rear.

Picture by: Jim O'Grady

It's official: New York is Holland now. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building a wall to keep out the sea along a two-mile stretch of the A line on its way to the Rockaways. The wall is made of thick steel and is rising seven feet above the tracks on the island of Broad Channel, in the middle of Jamaica Bay. The $38 million project is the MTA's first big step since Sandy to prevent flooding from future storm surges.