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City requests $40 million addition for waterfront flood mitigation; staff cites deteriorating bulkheads and long-term sea-level rise
Summary
Staff asked council to add $40 million to the waterfront flood mitigation project to replace failing bulkheads, advance a pump station and raise protections to a 6-foot elevation in the core waterfront area; staff said condition ratings range from poor to critical and emphasized the work would be tied to ongoing design and regulatory processes.
City staff told council they are requesting an additional $40,000,000 for the waterfront flood mitigation project to replace failing shoreline infrastructure in the core waterfront area and to advance associated civil work and a pump station.
A staff presenter said the additional funding would primarily cover a new bulkhead that extends from Duke Street past Waterfront Park toward Whales Alley, repairs to adjacent civil infrastructure and elements needed to achieve the project's "elevation 6" flood protection level in the core area. The presenter said the component being advanced would stop short of replacing the bulkhead north of Founder's Park but still would meet the proposed flood mitigation elevation and permit future "future proofing" if the city later raised design elevations.
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