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Eastwick: From Recovery to Resilience

Eastwick Flood Resilience Strategy

The Office of Sustainability is working with Eastwick residents and other partners to reduce current and future flood risk in Eastwick. This project will coordinate multiple flood mitigation efforts taking place in Eastwick.

Overview

The Eastwick Flood Resilience Strategy is a community-driven planning process to address current and future flooding impacts in Eastwick. The strategy will include different flood resilience measures to address flooding in Eastwick from three sources:

  • Darby and Cobbs creeks (river).
  • Tidal waters (coastal).
  • Storm sewer overflows.

Creating the strategy

Flood resilience measures are tools we can use to reduce the impacts of flooding that residents experience. Different measures can be used to address different kinds of flooding. To create the best possible outcomes in Eastwick, we are exploring flood resilience measures like:

  • Blocking water: Levees, berms, and barriers to contain or redirect water.
  • Storing water: Nature-based solutions, such as restoring wetlands.
  • Moving away from risk: Buying flood-prone properties from interested homeowners, then returning the land to natural use.
  • Moving water: Stormwater infrastructure improvements that can move water faster.

The strategy will take time to plan and construct. In the meantime, the City is working on a near-term flood barrier project to address current flood impacts.

Partners and community engagement

The Flood Mitigation Council of Eastwick (FMCE) and the Office of Sustainability have co-created the Eastwick Flood Resilience Strategy. The FMCE is made up of 10 neighborhood residents who meet monthly to guide the flood strategy design.

A team of experts, led by the engineering firm Arcadis, conducted the technical work. They developed designs with guidance from the FMCE and the Eastwick community.

The strategy is the result of collaboration among various partners. They include the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, the Nature Conservancy, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, and many others.

The project is supported by a combination of funds, including from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the William Penn Foundation, and the City of Philadelphia.

Get involved

OOS is working towards implementation of the resilience measures with FMCE and other partners. Want to join the effort? Send us an email at eastwick@phila.gov.

Documents

We’re collecting all the research, concepts, and stakeholders under one plan so that the Eastwick community can provide direct input into the path forward. You can follow along with the project using these resources.


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