Boston is praising the City of Miami Beach for their resiliency efforts when it comes to climate change. Monday afternoon, the fellow coastal city toured the Sunset Harbor Marina. City leaders shared expertise about the on-going resiliency initiatives and some of the lessons learned in design and construction thus far.
“As pioneers in climate resilient design and construction, Boston officials are seeking to learn from us,” noted Miami Beach Chief Resiliency Officer Susanne M. Torriente. “We’re pleased to welcome them to our City and hope to be of significant help on their current road elevation project.”
The City of Boston says it's their mission to establish climate resilience design guidelines for managing sea level rise adaptation projects.
“One of the conceptual solutions developed during the Climate Ready Boston Charlestown study was elevating roadways to act as flood barriers,” shared Climate Ready Boston’s Lead Resiliency Engineer Julia A. Eaton. “This is one of the flood barrier options that we will be preparing sample design documents and considerations for implementation, including incremental planning. We’re looking forward to learning from Miami Beach based on their experience as leaders in this arena.”