Category: sustainability
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The High Cost of Addressing Coastal Road Flooding
In coastal New Jersey, road flooding is more than an inconvenience—it’s an economic threat. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently spent $27.5 million to raise just a one-mile section of U.S. Route 40 in Atlantic County by 2.5 feet to mitigate recurrent flooding impacts on a key evacuation and freight route (NJDOT, Coastal…
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I did not believe that it was possible; now I know better
A decade ago when I talked with local government officials and compared their comments to those of state officials, I concluded that Downe Township would not raise the funding that it needs to sustain the coming surge in water level rise. Costs were forecast at over $100 million for Fortescue and over $40 million for…