NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT NOW IT’S A MESS OUT HERE. A MIX OF BAD STORMS AND A SEAWALL BUILT IN 1978 HAS BEEN CAUSING HISTORIC FLOODING ALONG THE SEACOAST AND OCEANFRONT SIDEWALKS TO WASH AWAY. I SEE SO MANY ROCKS THAT ARE OVER HERE, YOU KNOW THAT WE’RE OVER THERE. REVETMENT THE SEAWALL, THE SIDEWALK AND THE ROAD IS GOING TO DETERIORATE IF SOMETHING ISN’T DONE. ACCORDING TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE JANUARY STORMS WERE THE TIPPING POINT TO REPLACE THE SEAWALL. IT STEMS BACK FROM AN EVENT IN 2018 AND THEN EVENTS AFTERWARDS. NOW THE STATE IS GETTING $20 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO REPLACE 3000FT OF SEAWALL SPANNING FROM NORTH HAMPTON TO RYE. THE NEW SEAWALL WILL HAVE WILL BE ABLE TO BE RESILIENT. THERE’S A LOT OF PIPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE PAVEMENT THAT’S BEEN COMPROMISED. THE STATE PLANS ON PUTTING IN NEW WALLS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE INTENSITY OF FUTURE STORMS, BUT IT WON’T BE COMPLETED UNTIL 2027. SO THIS HAS BEEN HERE FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THREE MONTHS. I JUST WONDER HOW MANY TIMES IT HAS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD ALL THOSE NOR’EASTERS AND NOW IT’S HAPPENED AGAIN. SO TO PUT A TEMPORARY FIX, WHICH WE DID, AND IT WASHED OUT IN MARCH, WE’RE NOT GOING TO KEEP WASTING MONEY THAT THAT THAT’S NOT FAIR TO THE TAXPAYER. WE WOULD RATHER TAKE THE MONEY, PUT IT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT’S GOING TO WORK. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIZE OF THE NEW SEAWALL, IT’S ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. THE HEIGHT WILL BE THE SAME IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HOPES THAT IT’S GOING TO BE COMPLETE