In terms of the new landing development, all of the new construction has been built to survive a flood. They have no living space within the flood height. It is true that the below ground parking and roadways will flood, but that is (relatively) easy to clean out. One interesting thing, I thought, is that the new park at the levee is also being built to allow for floods (as were the Harriet Island improvements, btw). Seems like good sustainable building theory. Of course, the more we dam the river in its banks, the higher the water will go when it does flood.
Jacob
--On Friday, April 1, 2005 5:54 AM -0800 james wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know they trucked in lots of fill on which to build the new condo/townhome/apartment complex upstream from downtown. Are the garages, roads, apurtenances really high enough to stand above the next record flood that will be here next or 45 years from now?
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