Sentences with phrase «of seawall»

Although this is not an official visit, Disney has given Mickey permission to examine the feverish efforts to strengthen the eastern and southern portions of the seawall.

But are we going to build 8,000 miles of seawall along the Gulf and East Coasts?

He is currently working on the feature - length version of The Seawall.

First phase is the construction of the seawall and the land reclamation.

All - suite hotel set on the east end of Seawall Boulevard; moments from Gulf Coast beaches & restaurants; near Moody Gardens...

West Vancouver boasts one of the most beautiful stretches of seawall in town, and locals flock there at virtually all times of day to walk, run, or meet with friends.

Our partner was unaware of the construction of the seawall, which has since been completed.

The boardwalk would run along the top of the seawall from the fort to Miller Field, where it would transition to a raised, paved footpath that would continue for one mile to Oakwood Beach.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While the proposed East Shore seawall that will run from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach includes a promenade component, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced his plans to include a full - fledged promenade along the length of the seawall that he expects will be a tourist destination.

«Priority number one is the construction of the seawall and the protection it provides Staten Island,» said Borough President James Oddo, who has been meeting with Army Corps, city and state officials regularly on the project and any potential impacts.

David Cameron is in Dawlish on the Devon coast today, where a storm last week washed away sections of the seawall, leaving a railway dangling over the sea.

We walked through the docks, found a section of seawall beside this big, bright bed of cosmos, and spent an hour or so looking out into the bay watching the ducks, kayaks and sailboats cruise by and thinking why don't we do this ALL THE TIME!?

Likewise, Texas, Rhode Island, Maine, and South Carolina's coastal zones all benefit from a degree of rolling setbacks, a policy akin to managed retreat that allows private coastal property owners to develop their land, but prohibits the erection of seawalls and barriers once sea levels begin to threaten the structures.

Not exact matches

But inside the modernist glass - and - concrete chancery building that rises up along Havana's iconic seawall, the Malecón, both the intelligence officials and senior diplomats guessed that the noises were «just another form of harassment» by the Cuban government, one official said.

That is why it's important that meteorologists and bankers understand the importance of managing risks during periods of calm when the weather is clear and the economy is sound, so we turn financial firewalls into seawalls to meet challenges before the worst arrives if unavoidable, or avoid the path of the storm all together.

The fact is all three have a role to play and the immediate opportunity for all of us is to get together as partners in building our retirement seawall is the introduction and implementation of PRPPs as the single most important addition and solution to Canada's retirement savings shortfall.

The current shift of the Baby Boomer bulge from work to retirement presents a huge challenge to the world's policy markers and the world needs to build its own financial seawall - a retirement seawall — to manage this issue.

In Corpus Christi, the major city closest to the storm's center, wind whipped palm trees and stinging sheets of horizontal rain slapped against hotels and office buildings along the seawall as the storm made landfall.

It will be cheaper, they tell us, to adjust to increased storm damage, build more dikes and seawalls, relocate people and pay the costs of increased air - conditioning than it would be to take steps to slow global warming.

We also walked along Ocean Drive, taking in the beautiful views of the water, walking the seawall, and dipping our toes in the waves at the little Colony Beach.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has warned that the city could lose 35 feet of lakefront a year to erosion unless it restores seawalls damaged by record high Lake Michigan water levels.

About 500 yards of the path south of Fullerton Avenue have been closed since June 15 while crews repair storm damage to the walkway and seawall.

Ben rode his Strider bike along the seawall and was eager to help carry one of the bags back.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, heading up the project for the buried seawall, which includes building a levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach, recently entered the design phase which is expected to take one year.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The snail's pace of government has been sped up to a slow crawl, thanks to Sen. Charles Schumer, who advocated for the planned East Shore seawall project to skip a few unnecessary bureaucratic steps.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A proposed buried seawall for the East Shore has gotten final approval, graduating from the feasibility phase and entering into the design phase, making progress toward its completion goal of 2021.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - As plans progress for a buried seawall to protect the East Shore from storm surges, $ 2 million in federal funds for Hurricane Sandy relief will kickstart the design phase of the project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to build a buried seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, as well as a levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach to protect Staten Island from future Hurricane Sandy - like storms.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed its feasibility phase last month, moving to the design phase for the projects, which includes building the seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, and a levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to speed up its approval process so a planned East Shore seawall can be constructed sooner to prevent future storms from devastating Staten Island again, Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - After years of planning, the money is finally flowing in for a buried seawall project along the East Shore of Staten Island to protect against future Hurricane Sandy - like storms.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - In getting a green light from two Staten Island community boards, the city cleared a hurdle this week in its quest to acquire 25 East Shore parcels so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can build a seawall.

The budget includes the state's share for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seawall project on Staten Island.

This rendering shows the buried stone seawall that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will construct along the East Shore, with the new boardwalk above it.

«Staten Islanders can breathe a sigh of relief because the vitally important East Shore seawall project is officially one step closer to becoming a reality,» Schumer said.

The current design calls for a 38 - foot - wide boardwalk on top of the buried seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Midland Beach.

«The seawall project is vital to the future resiliency of our shoreline communities,» Lanza said.

Oddo has criticized the time it has taken for government to get this project off the ground and said, «The Army Corps seawall project is one of the most important projects for the future of our borough, as demonstrated in tragic detail by the devastation caused by Sandy.

A rendering of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers» buried seawall with a new boardwalk above it.

As a (poor) analogy, arguing whether or not it's human - caused feels a bit like planning to develop real estate on a seaside clifftop which some specialists have said might suffer dangerous erosion in the next 70 years unless you put up some seawalls to prevent water action at the base of the cliff - and basing your view whether to build seawalls and other erosion defences upon whether or not there's proof that human activity would be the cause of any future erosion, rather than whether or not erosion is likely and if so how harmful it might be to your interests if nothing is done to reduce it.

At 1 p.m., the Rockefeller University holds a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of repairs it is making to the East River's seawall with Rockefeller University President Marc Tessier - Lavigne, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York City Council Member Ben Kallos and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mitch Silver, between 64th and 68th Streets, Manhattan.

Queens Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who has pressed for repairs to the seawall for years, said in 2005 that experts found a 200 - foot portion of the structure had «completely failed» and predicted more deterioration in the coming years.

Cuomo compared the future seawall and promenade to that of Manhattan's High Line, saying it could attract tourism and better Staten Island's economy.

«I am pleased that the Senator has identified the need to improve the seawall along Route 5, and now that he knows the dangers of this area, I hope he will take action to help repair Old Lake Shore Road.

The iconic FDR Boardwalk would be razed and rebuilt atop a massive rock - and - sand seawall meant to withstand hurricane surges, as part of a $ 500 million US Army Corps of Engineers blueprint to be unveiled next month.

A Beechhurst resident has been locked in a years - long struggle with the state Department of Environmental Conservation over his seawall, which he claims protected his waterfront property when Superstorm Sandy ravaged the city's coast.

So the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a seawall on Galveston Island, and that sucker has gone through every major hurricane since 1900.

Iris Monnereau, a co-author of the study on Micronesia, recalled how a resident on the main island of Kosrae used his own money to jump - start funds for building a seawall.

As I lean over the edge of Boston's seawall, I try to think through the chain of events that could lift the waters up and send them rushing through the hilly park behind me and back toward Faneuil Hall.

North along the onetime tidelands fronting the Hudson shore of Bergen Neck in New Jersey, the ocean breached seawalls and water poured into the streets of Hoboken and Jersey City.