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Oakland airport nears completion of $80M dike project to guard against sea level rise
An $80 million project to improve Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport’s resiliency to sea level rise is nearing completion, Port of Oakland officials recently announced. The two-phase Airport Perimeter Dike Project, which included both raising the height and reinforcing the strength of the pre-existing 4.5-mile dike along the shoreline of the airport’s South Field, is […] The post Oakland airport nears completion of $80M dike project to guard against sea level rise appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Oakland airport nears completion of $80M dike project to guard against sea level rise, An $80 million project to improve Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport’s resiliency to sea level rise is nearing completion, Port of Oakland officials recently announced. The two-phase Airport Perimeter Dike Project, which included both raising the height and reinforcing the strength of the pre-existing 4.5-mile dike along the shoreline of the airport’s South Field, is […] The post Oakland airport nears completion of $80M dike project to guard against sea level rise appeared first on Local News Matters .
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