Green Infrastructure Sites
Project Name: Green Infrastructure Project Sites
Project Duration: 2024 - Ongoing
Consultant: HDR, Inc.
Location: Several locations throughout the City of Newark
Project Summary: The green infrastructure program, also known as RainReady Newark, aims to improve stormwater management by implementing green infrastructure sites throughout the city, such as porous concrete/permeable pavement, rain gardens, subsurface detention systems, and tree canopies. This project is in part motivated by the Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As of March 2025, over 120 locations in the City of Newark have been identified as potential green infrastructure sites. RainReady will reduce flooding, help minimize instances of combined sewer overflows (CSOs), improve water and air quality, and beautify Newark with more green space.
The Andrea Hall Adebowale rain garden on Central Avenue, Sussex Avenue, and MLK Blvd. is a Newark green infrastructure project.
Constructed Summer 2024.
Photo Credit: Newark Water & Sewer
Other green sites slated for construction as of April 2025 include the Clinton Avenue and Badger Avenue Traffic Triangle, and Sal Bontempo Park in the North Ward.
Click here to learn more about RainReady, Newark’s very own green infrastructure program.
A green infrastructure site under construction at the Clinton Avenue and Badger Avenue Traffic Triangle in Newark’s South Ward.
Photo Credit: Newark Water & Sewer, March 2024
A rendering of the proposed green infrastructure site at Sal Bontempo Park, located on 1st Street and Bloomfield Avenue in Newark’s North Ward.
Photo Credit: Arterial, LLC