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Norfolk hits obstacles implementing storm risk protection (VA)

/ Owner - August 26, 2024

On a mid-July evening, condominium owners in Norfolk’s historic Freemason district met to organize against what they saw as a threat to their property values and the enjoyment of the waterfront: a planned floodwall, 11 feet or more high, running through their neighborhood.  They’d been blindsided a month earlier when a resident invited Kyle Spencer, the city’s resilience officer, to present a $2.66 billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coastal storm risk management plan to protect the city from catastrophic flooding.   Read the article…………………………….

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