http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/13/connecticut-river WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/13/connecticut-river/comment-page-1#comment-2366 Adam Gaffin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:58:36 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=10994#comment-2366 There's already proof floodplain preservation works for flood control - about 80 miles to the east, along the Charles River, where the Corps abandone a plan to build an extensive, expensive system of dikes and dams and instead bought up 8,100 acres of floodplain to preserve as "sponges" during snowmelts and heavy rains. There’s already proof floodplain preservation works for flood control – about 80 miles to the east, along the Charles River, where the Corps abandone a plan to build an extensive, expensive system of dikes and dams and instead bought up 8,100 acres of floodplain to preserve as “sponges” during snowmelts and heavy rains.

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