The under-construction rail project has unintentionally created an obstacle for the natural water flow in the region, resulting in water levels reaching heights of three to five metres across the landscape
term. how do we make sure that we are building back better. and we did learn lessons from irene, the culverts that we rebuilt after i read when they were damaged they did fare better this time. we know we can be smarter in how we build. so it s both things, it s the immediate help, and the long term resiliency that we need to be focused on. because unfortunately, this is gonna be happening more and more. right, i would pick up on that last piece. journalist in vermont, jonathan mingle writes this at the extreme flooding in your state. quote, vermonters have seen floods before, but amid the scenes of destruction, there was a sense that some threshold had been crossed. as the floodwaters recede, the notion that any place could be somehow insulated from extreme weather, and the ravages of a warming climate should be swept away to, for good. your take on, that what you would like to see from the house of representatives on that question? absolutely. this is exactly how we ve been
vermonters need right now. i want to ask you about irene because when it hit in 2019, you know, these iconic bridges that cover vermont s rivers they were gone. and obviously the state had to go into a massive rebuild at the time. i m wondering what kind of infrastructure repairs were made then to try to alleviate the problems and what lessons were learned by state officials how to respond to something like this. as you said so many of our iconic bridges were damaged, many of our covered bridges and culverts that helped divert water from our roadways were damaged. it was a massive effort under taken across the state to make sure we are reviliant to these kind of storms. but as i said earlier we thought that was a kind of deluge that would not happen this