STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The $111 million Living Breakwaters project off the Tottenville coast is officially complete, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday.
The project, which has been underway for the past few years, is made up of a series of eight separate in-water structures spanning 2,400 linear feet off the South Shore of Staten Island.
They are designed to “break” turbulent “wave energy” that swings into the shore of Tottenville during serious storms, so that the resulting waves that pass through the gaps aren’t as vicious…