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re: You thought the NOLA Levees were expensive: NYC Battery Park Flood Protection
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:02 pm to 995webmaster
Posted on 6/4/14 at 8:02 pm to 995webmaster
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Are you kidding? $335 million ain't shite.
Post-Katrina NO has a $14.5-billion network of levees, floodwalls and pumps...
This is $35Million/mile for a berm...
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Posted on 6/4/14 at 10:56 pm to Golfer
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This is $35Million/mile for a berm...
The Lake Borgne surge barrier was $670 million/mile for "just a wall." $335 million is chump change for surge protection. Delta Works in the Netherlands was north of $7 billion.
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