Question: 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?
Shalom, Salaam, Peace .... Jay Wilkinson Answer: In a word, no. All the players will tell you otherwise, but this is a boondoggle of major proportions. They will say they've accounted for the possibility, but the measurements of all major floods in St. Paul will put the water one hell of a lot higher than any dike could be erected without making it look like a fortress. Peace right back. Andy Driscoll Crocus Hill/Ward 2 -- "Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity." - Lord Acton -- Visit our weblog: http://newswired.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
