Only in New Jersey
If you build a garage with underground parking levels on the flood plain of a major river, you shouldn't be surprised when it gets flooded. But New Jersey went ahead in the early '90s and built its $31 million Statehouse garage on the Delaware River in Trenton anyway. So now - no surprise - we taxpayers have to pay for flood damage to the garage after last month's rains and river spillage.
For a state with big-time financial woes, New Jersey doesn't need another unexpected bill: $600,000. That brings the total for parking garage repairs after flooding in September 2004, April 2005 and now this year to about $2 million. And the overseer of the Statehouse and its grounds says there is no engineering solution. So we can expect to be hit with a new repair bill the next time the waters rise.
Why didn't those who planned and approved the parking garage think of the consequences of building on a flood plain? How silly to ask. After all, this is New Jersey.
For a state with big-time financial woes, New Jersey doesn't need another unexpected bill: $600,000. That brings the total for parking garage repairs after flooding in September 2004, April 2005 and now this year to about $2 million. And the overseer of the Statehouse and its grounds says there is no engineering solution. So we can expect to be hit with a new repair bill the next time the waters rise.
Why didn't those who planned and approved the parking garage think of the consequences of building on a flood plain? How silly to ask. After all, this is New Jersey.
posted by Larry Benjamin at 12:23 PM
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It'll be interesting to see the hoops the developer will have to go through vs. what the state did if the plans to build condos on Funtown Pier in Seaside are realized - because those plans also include underground parking.
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