During a presentation at a Tuesday Work Session, Norfolk’s city council learned the estimated cost of a massive flood resilience project ballooned from $2.6 billion to $6.1 billion.
The new number was part of an update on the Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project from Deputy City Manager Doug Beaver and Col. Sonny Avichal, District Commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The city and Army Corps are partnering on the CSRM, which aims to better defend the low-lying city of Norfolk from flood waters brought on by coastal storms.
News 3 obtained Beaver’s and Avichal’s presentation, which also now lists a construction completion date of 2040, ahead of the session. It lists design changes, inflation and other issues as the reason for the cost increase…