Trump Calls NYC $119B Seawall Proposal ‘Costly, Foolish’
In a tweet published Saturday night, President Trump called the proposal to surround New York City with a six-mile-long seawall “costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly.”
The Army Corps of Engineers proposed the wall among a series of other solutions to protect the New York-New Jersey Harbor region from severe coastal storms. The seawall will protect against a storm at least the size of Hurricane Sandy.
“A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won’t work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you’ll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!”
The Army Corps estimates the six-mile-long seawall would cost $119 billion, not the $200 billion that Trump suggests. The Corps also estimates the wall’s construction could take 25 years.
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