Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
United States Army Corps of Engineers
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterStated as fact, per boston.gov[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
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