Push is coming to shove in Miami-Dade about setting aside a significant sum to address the impacts of rising sea levels. The County has focused on the issue since 2006 and made it a policy priority, but now it is time to find funding for engineering and infrastructure improvements. Click title for link. From the article:
Faced with a looming July deadline, a Miami-Dade County task force examining the threat of rising seas wrestled Monday with how to rally support for a plan that could cost billions of dollars.
“We’ve all heard enough to know we need a plan,” said Harvey Ruvin, Miami-Dade County’s clerk of courts and chairman of the Sea Level Rise Task Force. “But we’ve got inertia.”
The seven-member panel that has been meeting since November said the county, which has repeatedly studied the issue over the years, needs to take more decisive steps to fortify its infrastructure. Chief among the recommendations: hire engineers to develop a specific plan, not unlike the $20 billion plan.
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