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07/24/2026

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Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast

United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States

Starts 07/24/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCEStated 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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12/31/2028

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Army Corps Sends Boston's Final Flood-Protection Study to Congress

United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States

Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 74% CONFIDENCEYear only, per boston.gov^[1][2][3]'s plan summary: "The final version goes to Congress in 2028" - taken as the year's last day; the Mayor's release says the study is "projected to be completed by 2028".

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish its Boston coastal flood study and send the final report to Congress in 2028, the step that lets the city seek up to 65% federal funding for about $10 billion of floodwalls, berms and floodgates.

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12/31/2029

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Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk

Ocean Beach Climate Adaptation Project Starts Major Construction

San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionOcean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, San Francisco, California, United States

Starts 12/31/2029DELAYED6 years late66% CONFIDENCEMoved, per The Frisc^[1]: "the SFPUC^[2] has pushed back the start date another five-plus years to the end of 2029"; the SFPUC's project page: "the start date for major construction on the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project is now anticipated for late 2029".

The SFPUC's project will bury a 3,200-foot seawall to protect the Lake Merced wastewater tunnel, remove the eroding Great Highway Extension between Sloat and Skyline and build a mile of seaside trail; its start has slipped from 2023-24 to late 2029.

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Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast

Army Corps Sends Boston's Final Flood-Protection Study to Congress

Ocean Beach Climate Adaptation Project Starts Major Construction