That's part of a Charles River flood control project in which the government bought up thousands of acres of wetlands to let them act as sponges during heavy rains, rather than building dikes (the original plan) that, well, we know from Katrina (and also the Merrimack last spring) how well that works.
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That's part of a Charles River flood control project in which the government bought up thousands of acres of wetlands to let them act as sponges during heavy rains, rather than building dikes (the original plan) that, well, we know from Katrina (and also the Merrimack last spring) how well that works.
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