It seems to me that if you have a 10-inch rise in sea level and more water pounding against the roadway, the sensible thing to do is exactly what Senator Whitehouse said, make your roadway a little higher and compensate for that perhaps with a seawall or something like that.
On the recordJune 23, 2015
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Wicker suggests practical solutions for rising sea levels impacting roadways.
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