Mayor Eric Adams was joined on Monday by officials from Staten Island to announce the completion of the New Creek Bluebelt.

“Bluebelts have proven to be a natural, reliable and cost- effective way to reduce urban flooding,” Adams said.

The drainage system is designed as a green space that naturally handles runoff precipitation.

The $110 million-dollar project covers 94 acres. It was a response to the death and destruction brought on by Hurricane Sandy.

“Lifesaving drainage and absorption that takes the form of natural green space ponds, grass trees like what you see on either side of you, wildlife, as well as pathways for wandering,” Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi said.

Monday’s announcement comes 11 years, almost to the day, since Sandy hit the city.

This new project was completed in an area of Staten Island that was hit hard.

“This was an area that after Sandy was literally hell on earth. It was destroyed. We not only lost life, but property and damage that occurred was just unbelievable,“ Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella said.

This bluebelt will help control flooding in the neighborhoods of Midland Beach, Grant City, Dongan Hills and Todt Hill.

“This project alone installed more than two miles of storm sewers in these surrounding neighborhoods feeding into this blue belt,” Rohit Aggarwala, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the City’s Chief Climate Officer, said.

“This natural area, this waterway here, this new creek, is actually functioning as an extension of that storm sewer network. So it’s a marriage of gray technology and green technology,” he added.