Residents of Norfolk are about to get an in-person update on the $2.6 billion Coastal Storm Risk Management Project.
The president of the Freemason Street Area Association, Ret. Rear Admiral Jack Kavanaugh, says a Wednesday night meeting will address some of the questions and concerns that neighbors have about the project.
The project is a collaboration between the City of Norfolk and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It would include a system of about nine miles of flood walls, a levee, nearly a dozen tide gates, and some pump stations.
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According to a City website, “The Resilient Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Project will reduce the city’s risk from coastal flooding and damage from nor’easters, hurricanes, and other significant storm events.”
“They’re really taking things for Freemason, in my mind, throwing them up to see what’s going to stick on a wall; whether we’ll accept them or not. So far, nothing stuck,” said Kavanaugh.