I have heard of raising Cain, raising Taxes, raising the roof and even raising at poker. But now I read of possibly raising a whole town. Highlands, N.J. sits at sea level and is constantly flooded during the full moon and was devastated by Sandy. The Corps of Engineers has studied the problem for some time and now there is a proposal to raise the town eight to ten feet. It would require perhaps 3.5 million cubic yards of fill at a cost of approx. $25 Milliion. There is precedent for this approach as the city of Galveston, Texas was raised 17 feet after the tragic hurricane of 1900. Call it climate change, global warming or blame El Nino but it appears that our coastal communities will continue to be threatened for some time to come.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/nyregion/highlands-nj-proposes-raising-the-borough-to-escape-hurricanes.html?n=Top%2fNews%2fNew%20York%20and%20Region%2fColumns%2fOur%20Towns
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