America’s Climate-Adaptation Ambitions Are Coming to Life in Coastal Virginia

Along the East Coast, cities facing rising seas such as Miami and New York are following the lead of a coastal region in Virginia

NORFOLK, Va.—This low-lying waterfront city rests in the most vulnerable place along the East Coast to, prompting billions in climate-infrastructure projects that have sparked debate about how best to protect neighborhoods.

To safeguard Norfolk, the city and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are leading a $2.6 billion, 10-year project that some other East Coast cities see as a model for pre-disaster coastal resilience. In nearby Virginia Beach, Va., residents in a referendum approved a $568 million bond to build tidal gates, pump stations and pipes to redirect water from heavy rainfall and tidal flooding.

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