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Show Transcript BACK THE FLOOD WATERS. NOW IT S TIME TO FILL THE GAPS. ALONG THIS BIKE PATH IN EAST BOSTON ELLIS BROWN WITH THE GROUP BOSTON HARBOR NOW POINTS TO TINY HOLES IN THE GROUND THAT CAN BE USED TO ANCHOR A WATER-TYPE BARRIER AND SEAL OFF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THE NEXT TIME THE HARBOR STARTS TO FLOOD. THIS WALL APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS AREA WOULD STILL FLOOD BUT I DON T THINK BEHIND IT WOULD. SO ANY FLOOD PATHWAYS BEYOND IT WOULD BE PROTECTED. RECENTLY THE CITY STALLED POST AROUND THE AQUARIUM ENTRANCE WHERE FLOOD BARRIERS CAN ALSO BE PUT INTO PLACE AND ALONG THE PARK ON THE NORTH END THE HARBOR WALK HAS BEEN RAISED FOUR FEET AND A SECOND SEA WALL ADDED BEHIND IT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST PROJECTS COMPLETED UNDER A PLAN BOSTON ADOPTED BACK IN 2017 TO PREPARE FOR SEA LEVEL RISE. THE SE
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