Going Dutch
Downtown Boston
— Photo by Nick Allen
Adapted from From Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com
A consulting firm’s study recommends that a huge, $877 million flood barrier be built to protect downtown Boston from the increased coastal flooding associated with global warming. Of course, there would be big cost overruns in something as complicated as this project; it would probably cost several billion.
Meanwhile, Boston can stock up on lifeboats, wetsuits and swimming lessons. But sadly the threat is too episodic for gondolas.