Protecting Waikiki From The Inevitable Flooding Of The Ala Wai

Protecting Waikiki From The Inevitable Flooding Of The Ala Wai

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a $173 million project to minimize damage to Waikiki and surrounding neighborhoods if a “100-year flood” causes the Ala Wai Canal to overflow.

Such a flood — which has a 1 percent chance of occurring in any given year — would destroy 3,000 properties and cause $318 million in structural damages, according to the Corps’ newly released analysis.

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