NYC's Elegant Storm-Proofing Proposal Will Probably End Up Being a 'Big Dumb Wall'

In 2014, New York City funded a proposal called the “Big U
,” a 10-mile barrier around Lower Manhattan to prevent the devastating effects of both storm surges and sea-level rise. The biggest strength of the $540 million project was that the infrastructure would do double-duty by adding parks and public space around the perimeter of the island. But due to cost issues, those plans might not happen at all, according to a story in Rolling Stone.

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